Insights on Instagram culture, social media trends, and digital humor
Instagram launched Close Friends in 2018 as a simple privacy tool: let people share Stories with a smaller circle rather than the whole follower list. On paper,
Remember when Instagram felt like a glossy magazine, curated down to a single perfectly styled square? For most of the 2010s, the feed was a polished runway: fi
If you’ve spent any amount of time ordering food through apps, you’ve probably experienced the modern ritual: pick your meal, watch a driver navigate the void,
Imagine scrolling Amazon late at night, hunting for a new face serum, a charger cable, or a bestselling cookbook. You pause at products with long streams of glo
If you’ve been scrolling tech feeds in 2025, you might have seen breathless headlines about a supposed “AI influencer meltdown” and a viral fiasco called the Sy
If you’ve spent any time on TikTok in the last two years, you’ve probably seen a new kind of influencer: the clean-cut, high-energy “body optimization” guru pro
In 2021 and 2022 the conversation about the metaverse read like a speculative fever dream. Headlines promised digital cities, branded virtual storefronts, and l
Scroll through any social feed at 6:30 a.m. and you’ll see them: soothing piano music, sun-dappled windows, a mason jar of green juice, and a caption promising
If you spend any time in the corners of Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, or the group chats of gig workers, you've probably seen the meme format: a screenshot of a supp
By mid‑2025 the dating app market hit a crisis point that quietly became an industry‑defining revolt. What began as a trickle of frustrated teenagers and twenty
If you spend any time on short video platforms in 2025, you have probably already encountered the phenomenon: humans performing like nonplayer characters or NPC
Picture this: you wake up, barely blink, and open Snapchat with the same ritual you’ve had for more than a decade. The fire emoji is still there, your streak nu
If you've ever hung up (or respectfully closed a chat window) from a delivery app support line muttering curse words under your breath, welcome to the club. Foo
If you’ve spent any time scrolling Letterboxd in 2025, you’ve probably noticed two very different strains of discourse: long-winded, reverent essays that read l
If you’ve ever scrolled Nextdoor at 2 a.m. because insomnia plus civic duty felt like a good idea, you already know the platform can feel equal parts PTA bullet
“Ghost town.” “Dead on arrival.” “No one’s using it.” Those are the kinds of headlines and snarky takes that have circulated about Instagram’s Broadcast Channel
Imagine scrolling through Telegram late at night, drawn into a glossy group where a charismatic “crypto guru” posts slick charts, short video clips, and assured
If you think your Telegram direct messages are just notes from friends, channel updates, and the odd meme, think again. Over the last 18 months the platform has
If you spent any time on X, TikTok, or Instagram in July 2025, you probably encountered a stream of screenshots: young people opening Pay.gov on their phones, t
If you’ve ever scrolled through Reddit late at night and found yourself both horrified and oddly comforted by someone else’s trainwreck of a relationship, you’r