AI Influencers Are Flopping Hard: Inside 2025's Digital Catfish Crisis
The clickbait headlines write themselves: “AI influencers are flopping,” “Virtual creators exposed as frauds,” “Brands duped by digital catfish.” But as anyone
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The clickbait headlines write themselves: “AI influencers are flopping,” “Virtual creators exposed as frauds,” “Brands duped by digital catfish.” But as anyone
If you’ve spent any time on TikTok in 2025, you’ve seen it: couples sprinting down sidewalks to the “Bad Boys (Theme from Cops)” riff while commentary layers, e
Scroll through any algorithm-fed feed in 2025 and you’ll hit them: sun-drenched bedroom shots, alarm clocks flashing 4:00 AM, a seamless montage of green juice,
Ask any frequent online shopper and they'll tell you: the star rating and the first few lines of a review often decide whether a product goes into your cart. Fo
Scroll through a Venmo feed and you might think you’re looking at a bizarre social network built on tiny financial confessions: lunch dates, rent splits, emoji-
Scroll your feed for thirty seconds and you’ll see her: flawless skin, impossible proportions, witty captions, a brand deal or three, and a comment thread argui
By 2025 the phrase "tiktok brainrot" is no longer a pithy headline used by worried parents — it's a clinical-sounding shorthand for a phenomenon clinicians, jou
What happens when the people who built the influencer economy start telling you not to buy stuff? You get deinfluencing — a paradoxical, viral, and highly profi
Ask any communications lead, HR manager, or team lead what’s led to the most surprising workplace disputes of 2025 and you’ll get an answer that sounds absurd u
If you’ve ever had a TikTok go viral, you’ve probably tried the obvious next move: upload the same video to Instagram Reels and watch the same magic happen. Exc
The morning creators woke up in 2025 to panicked DMs, screaming analytics screenshots, and trending hashtags like InstaPurge felt apocalyptic. Influencers, mic
The rumor mill is running wild: “YouTube just rolled out an ‘Instant View’ update and it’s screwing over 98% of Shorts creators.” It’s the kind of headline that
Plot Twist: You thought TikTok had made you the protagonist of a glossy, soundtrack-ready life. Plot twist: you’re actually the side character — live, on-platfo
Picture this: a once-friendly chatbot that wrote your cover letter, drafted your apology texts, and made your toddler giggle now stares into the abyss and whisp
In the platform wars, few phrases have stuck like “TikTok makes it. Instagram remixes it.” Over the last few years, Instagram Reels has evolved from a defensive
If you’ve ever fallen down the r/relationshipadvice rabbit hole at 2 a.m., you’ve probably experienced the same phenomenon: compulsive scrolling, rising blood
You think you know workplace drama? Forget passive-aggressive meeting notes and the "reply-all" nuclear option. In 2025, entire teams are spiraling into HR esca
If your family WhatsApp group feels less like a warm living room and more like a low-budget reality show where everyone refuses to leave, welcome home. Family c
The same data set also flagged that about 91% of Gen Z maintain an Instagram profile, which helps explain why norms born on the platform can ripple into everyda
The skull emoji. A tiny, black-and-white glyph that, depending on context, can mean "I'm dead (laughing)," "this is a disaster," "I'm stunned," or "this is cree