Facebook won’t crack down on a deadly online drinking game
The booze-fueled NekNomination craze has started claiming lives.
On Feb 4, 2014 by Miles Klee
Beyond cute: How the Dodo wants to elevate animal journalism
“We don’t just want to laugh at animals—we want want to understand them too.”
On Feb 3, 2014 by Molly McHugh
Galt.io: The social network for Ayn Rand obsessives
Pledge money, and you’ll be awarded in Galtcoins. Yes, Galtcoins.
On Jan 30, 2014 by Brendan O’Connor
Could this startup totally change how Instagram works?
This Australian startup just came up with an ingenious way to schedule Instagram photos… and work-around the platform’s API.
On Jan 29, 2014 by Kate Knibbs
It’s time to embrace our embarrassing parents on Facebook
My father and I have never discussed my menstrual cycles, and yet here we were.
On Jan 28, 2014 by Audra Schroeder
It’s not you, Facebook—it’s me
Here’s to all the good times, social media.
On Jan 27, 2014 by Nico Lang
How a new social network could succeed where Reddit and Facebook fail
With virtual citizens and societies, a former Chicago hedge fund manager thinks he can build a better social network.
On Jan 27, 2014 by Tim Sampson
U.K. government Twitter accuses a parody of itself of being ‘confusing’
As one commenter put it, “Just cos you don’t like the taste don’t mean it ain’t food.”
On Jan 23, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Here’s what happens when you taunt police by sharing your own mugshot on Facebook
How cocky can one criminal be?
On Jan 22, 2014 by Gaby Dunn
The humble paper receipt as a social platform? Don’t laugh, it’s happening
And it seems like we like it.
On Jan 16, 2014 by Molly McHugh
Why companies shouldn’t use Facebook to snoop on prospective employees
Hey, bosses of the world: maybe just stick to LinkedIn.
On Jan 14, 2014 by Molly McHugh
British government funding research to study online habits, hackers, and Anonymous
The British government wants to hack upper education so it can “hack” Anonymous, among other digital forces.
On Jan 12, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Is your dad embarrassing you on Facebook? This app can help
Gotta keep them separated.
On Jan 11, 2014 by Aaron Sankin
How a bad satire convinced the world Kim Jong-un fed his uncle to dogs
Everyone took a Chinese social media post too seriously.
On Jan 6, 2014 by Tim Sampson
This is what high school looked like in 1913
One redditor’s chance discovery opens up a vanished world that’s not so different from ours.
On Jan 1, 2014 by Miles Klee
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