Lauren Rae Orsini
Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.
Facebook purges cosplay accounts
The cosplay community is reporting that Facebook has deleted several costuming accounts with “cosplay” in their names, presumably for violating the site’s “real names only” policy.
On Aug 21, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
10 milestones on Pinterest
As part of the Daily Dot’s anniversary celebration, Lauren Orsini looks back at Pinterest’s biggest successes and most dramatic milestones from the past year.
Senate candidate’s “legitimate rape” comment sparks Twitter outrage
If the Twitter reaction is any indication, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) may have cost himself a Senate seat with his controversial comments about rape and pregnancy.
On Aug 20, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Parody pokes fun at App.net’s $50 fee
Is a paid social network absurd?
LiveJournal’s Too Much Info builds community around life’s grossest moments
Do not click this story unless you really want to be grossed out.
On Aug 17, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Pinterest unveils Android and iPad apps at its Summer Party
Members of the Pinterest community were invited to the San Francisco event, in a turnaround from a time when the company was slow to communicate with users.
On Aug 15, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Exclusive excerpt: 10 lessons from “Fake Science 101”
Phil Edwards doesn’t educate. He trolls—with science!
Science! Phil Edwards fakes it to make it
With his Tumblr-turned-textbook Fake Science, blogger Phil Edwards tackles natural phenomenons with more wit than wisdom.
The 5 biggest Get Off My Internets scandals
GOMI webmistress Alice Wright recounts the snark blog’s most controversial posts from the past two years.
On Aug 14, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Amateur photographer helps discover new insect species on Flickr
Semachrysa jade is a beautiful insect living in the jungles of Malaysia, captured first by Flickr photographer Hock Ping Guek and named after his daughter.
On Aug 13, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
5 cool finds from LiveJournal’s Geek Crafts
Have you ever wanted to crochet something based on a TV show? This is the LiveJournal community for you.
DeviantArt celebrates 12th birthday with freebies
The artistic social network celebrates 12 years of creativity by encouraging more of it.
On Aug 7, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
Capturing bronies in the wild
At a colorful brony photoshoot at Otakon, a Baltimore anime and gaming convention, My Little Pony fans showed their true colors.
Meet the man behind the Cat Olympics
Nicolas Longtin’s Photoshopped images are the perfect Internet tribute to the 2012 Olympics.
5 terrible types of Pinterest commenters
The author behind WTF Pinterest Commenters breaks down the five common types of users spoiling Pinterest, one comment at a time.
On Aug 6, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
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