Jordan Valinsky
A former editorial operations specialist and staff writer for the Daily Dot, Jordan Valinsky is a tech reporter and web culture commentator. His work has been published by the Week, Digiday, CNNMoney, Popular Mechanics, Vice, Mic, and Betabeat.
“Top Gear” celebrates an explosive Facebook milestone
BBC’s Top Gear has pledged to blow up a mobile home upon reaching 10 million Facebook fans. Do your part.
On Jan 19, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
When Reddit’s down, there’s always Twitter
Go on, tell everyone how you feel about Ron Paul on #altreddit.
On Jan 18, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
The Hater: Don’t everybody black out at once
Five websites that should have gone dark today, but didn’t, from Thought Catalog to Klout and worse.
Zuckerberg challenges SOPA on Facebook
Facebook’s founder became the latest Internet titan to speak out against the legislation with a personal note posted on his page.
AltWiki: Enterprising publications offer Wikipedia alternatives
The Washington Post and Canada’s National Post, among others, are offering an “experimental, one-day Band-Aid” to users by fielding questions on Twitter.
Reblog: This week on Tumblr
Fred Durst does a juice cleanse and watches Downton Abbey while singing about plaid. No, wait, that mostly didn’t happen.
On Jan 13, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
Tom Brokaw joins Twitter, taps the keg
The longtime NBC anchor and author of The Greatest Generation already tweeted twice as much as his replacement, Brian Williams.
A “Bootylicious” tribute to Downton Abbey
Beyonce, can you handle this?
On Jan 12, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
The First Lady finally signs up for Twitter
The verified account already boasts 23,000 followers and follows a steady push on social media from the White House.
And the award for “Best Pup-porting Actor” goes to …
The canine costar of “The Artist” is getting his due online.
On Jan 11, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
Plaid Forever: The Web talk show we didn’t know we needed
They have iPhones. They have plaid shirts. They have an overwhelming sense of self-regard. What could go wrong?
On Jan 10, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
This week on Tumblr, Missing E came under attack (again), the Iowa caucuses got their own blog , and Parks and Recreation met Kanye West. Oh, also: Gosblr!
On Jan 6, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
The Hater: Ranking the 2012 Miss America contestants on YouTube
The contestants for the 2012 Miss American Pageant posted a total 53 vignettes to YouTube. The Hater ranks the top 7 “in order of their fathers’ disappointment.”
On Jan 4, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
OffTheBus Iowa provides an alternate look at GOP caucuses
A Tumblr, coordinated by Huffington Post and Patch, is providing a street-level look at Iowa caucuses.
On Jan 3, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
That’s not Rupert Murdoch’s wife on Twitter
A fake account for Wendi Deng Murdoch fooled almost everyone—including Twitter and News Corp.
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