Insights on Instagram culture, social media trends, and digital humor
If you’ve scrolled Instagram in the last year, you’ve probably seen it: the dramatic collapse onto a bed, a flurry of flung clothing, a sobbing “I just can’t” f
You might have noticed a new nightcap trend: instead of chamomile or white noise, millions of Gen Zers are falling asleep to the sound of robot voices. Short, s
You trust Amazon reviews. We all do — star ratings, long-form testimonials, and the little "Verified Purchase" badge quietly steer billions of buying decisions
Instagram used to be a simple playground for polished selfies, staged flatlays and aspirational travel shots. In 2025 it’s a living ecosystem — crowded, algorit
Remember when Instagram was a tidy scroll of friend photos, pocket snapshots, and the occasional perfectly framed latte? Those days feel like a relic. Today, op
If you scrolled through Instagram in August, you probably saw it: a cascade of short videos, faces frozen mid-blink, captions reading “wait — it’s already Augus
If you’ve scrolled through TikTok or YouTube in the last year, you’ve probably felt it: an eerie new strain of ASMR that looks and sounds almost perfect — too p
If you’ve spent even a few minutes on Instagram this year, you’ve probably seen it: short clips where someone starts to set up a punchline, a confession, or a h
If you’ve bought a lamp, a bicycle, or a “like-new” iPhone on Facebook Marketplace in the last few years, you’ve been shopping in what feels like the world’s la
When a song from 1997 starts trending on TikTok in 2025, you know something interesting is happening culturally. Radiohead’s “Let Down,” a deep cut off the semi
In the era of attention scarcity, brands compete not just for clicks but for emotional real estate. Few characters — corporate or cultural — have carved out as
If you’ve spent more than 15 minutes on TikTok in 2025, you’ve likely witnessed couples sprinting down sidewalks, across parking lots, and into the cinematic ma
In early summer 2025 a deceptively simple TikTok format exploded into a cultural moment: text on screen reads “You look happier,” the creator replies “Thanks, I
If you've spent any time on Reddit’s relationship corners — r/relationshipadvice, r/relationships, or the famous r/AmItheAsshole (AITA) — you've probably notic
Hot take: Gen Z didn’t just tilt TikTok — they flipped the entire concept of “what’s real.” The “upside down” trend — users filming themselves, their rooms, and
Remember when a pixelated plot of land—an anonymous grid square in Decentraland or The Sandbox—could sell for $15,000, and headlines called virtual real estate
If you’ve spent even a few minutes scrolling TikTok in the last year, you’ve probably seen the Alibi Dance — a weirdly hypnotic, belly dance–inspired choreograp
Facebook Marketplace launched as a friendly, neighborhood-style marketplace inside a giant global social network: an easy way to sell a couch, pick up a cheap c
Call it the great tech ghost story of the 2020s: a high-profile bet, celebrity-backed pixels, and a $69 million splash that turned into a landscape of empty lot
If Facebook Marketplace were a party, it’d be the one where the hors d’oeuvres are free but the host keeps slipping your wallet out of your back pocket while pr