Internet Culture Archive
Archives for October 2018
Here are all the things you didn’t know about the 35-year-old scarefest.
The ghosts are back, and they’ve brought friends!
And Rihanna and Kanye and A$AP Rocky.
Contention over the “like” button reveals deeper tensions among Twitter and its user base.
Why are the international superrich suddenly so clumsy?
How the concept of “false flags” traveled from the conspiratorial fringe to cable news.
Writer Chuck Wendig found out the hard way that fake internet outrage can have real consequences.
The massive data dump reveals how trolls disrupt and destabilize local and global politics.
Can’t we just eat lunch?
Plenty of brands are launching their own social platforms, with the goal of gamifying shopping and commodifying friendship.
The hot new holiday toy weds unboxing culture with Amazon culture.
One family’s viral #HimToo feud gave us the best meme of the week so far.
Kevin Ma’s Hypebeast media empire rules the sneaker-loving internet. And now? A navy yard.
Hank Green’s debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, shows what he’s learned about internet fame.
Why the Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper remake of a Hollywood classic is inspiring the internet.