A profile of nonprofit Common Crawl, which has scraped billions of webpages since 2013, including paywalled ones, to build an archive used by OpenAI and others
Editor's note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic's ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. X: @kait_tiffany . Bluesky: @katienotopoulos , @damonberes.co...
Inside Zuzalu, a co-living experiment organized by Vitalik Buterin in Montenegro in 2023, as the techno-utopian “Network State” concept inspires more projects
Silicon Valley has always dreamed of building its own utopias. Who's ready to move in? — I.
A profile of Helen Fisher, Match.com's chief scientific adviser, who was instrumental in making the case for online dating and bringing science to the space
Almost 20 years ago, Helen Fisher helped revolutionize dating. She has no regrets. — The anthropologist and famed love expert … Tweets: @codinghorror and @johntierneynyc Tweets:...
GIF, once called “the file format of the internet generation”, is declining in use as young users say GIFs are “cringe” and MP4 videos make the format outdated
GIF, once called “the file format of the internet generation”, is declining in use as young users say GIFs are “cringe” and MP4 videos make the format outdated
The internet's file format has been diagnosed as “cringe,” but there are other threats to its existence. Tweets: @apollozac , @ianbetteridge , @cooksipgo , @kendallbaker , @laurens...
As Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio quietly departs and the company merges with Automattic, a look at its future plans and enormous impact on the modern social web
The CEO of Tumblr—a social platform that was once worth more than $1 billion, and in its time was among the internet's most popular …
As Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio quietly departs and the company merges with Automattic, a look at its future plans and enormous impact on the modern social web
The CEO of Tumblr—a social platform that was once worth more than $1 billion, and in its time was among the internet's most popular …
As Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio quietly departs and the company merges with Automattic, a look at its future plans and enormous impact on the modern social web
The CEO of Tumblr—a social platform that was once worth more than $1 billion, and in its time was among the internet's most popular …
A writer created a politically bland Facebook profile to test the app's algorithm for extreme content, and ended up being shown low-quality, clickbait posts
In 2019, a researcher at Facebook conducted an experiment to see whether the platform really has a tendency to send users … Tweets: @golikehellmachi , @joshtpm , @jbouie , @mckayco...
A writer created a politically bland Facebook profile to test the app's algorithm for extreme content, and ended up being shown low-quality, clickbait posts
In 2019, a researcher at Facebook conducted an experiment to see whether the platform really has a tendency to send users … Tweets: @golikehellmachi , @joshtpm , @jbouie , @mckayco...
A writer created a politically bland Facebook profile to test the app's algorithm for extreme content, and ended up being shown low-quality, clickbait posts
In 2019, a researcher at Facebook conducted an experiment to see whether the platform really has a tendency to send users … Tweets: @golikehellmachi , @joshtpm , @jbouie , @mckayco...
As some Twitter users mock NFTs and Web3 believers retaliate, a16z, Meta, and others are investing in the crypto industry to remake the internet in their image
Read to the end for a really good supercut — Who Will Win The Web3 Culture War? — On Friday, I wrote about how furries …
Examining the commercialization of ideas and interactions via newsletters, NFTs, and tip jars, where money empowers but reduces expression to mere commerce
or at least feels like—commerce?” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @tinaduryea : I'd really like to just paint, but to be able to make a living with my art I need social media. The...
A look at Remember the Internet, a series of pocket-sized books dedicated to immortalizing subcultures and combating the ephemerality of being online
often because the people in charge cast things off on a whim https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Adrienne LaFrance / @adriennelaf : “We really thought we were doing something revoluti...
Reddit, one of QAnon's original hubs, has no meaningful QAnon presence now, although Reddit says it hasn't made a concerted effort to remove the conspiracy
and least replicable—factor in Reddit's success is its timing.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Inside DayLife Army, a social media cult, spun off from a Facebook group, that seduces young people with empty promises of a better world
The DayLife Army always seemed like a troll. Then it became a nightmare. — started with a tweet. In the fall of 2013, Matthew had recently turned 18 … Tweets: @judyberman , @ch...
Facebook publishes new recommendations for group admins, suggests adding people of color as moderators to help navigate conversations about the BLM movement
To help them navigate the Black Lives Matter movement — Facebook published new recommendations for group admins yesterday evening …
Several Facebook groups are grappling with inadequate and uneven moderation policies as members attempt to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement
offline and online — are burning and crumbling, whether you like it or not https://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : the fascinating thing about this is that Facebook's mo...
Mutual aid groups across the US are organizing online via productivity tools like Airtable and Slack to exchange info, coordinate grocery distribution, and more
software designed to make money for companies—to give things away and donate time, @kait_tiffany reports: https://on.theatln.tc/7RFnfuA
Profile of Downdetector, a resource for determining website and platform outages; Downdetector relies almost exclusively on user reports since 2001
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic : Tweets: @mattnavarra , @kait_tiffany , and @slaskow Tweets: Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : A glimpse inside the place we all head when Twitter or F...