Internet Culture Archive
Archives for December 2018
On our burning hunger for moral clarity and the unexplainable heart of the universe.
And why 2018 was a highly conspiratorial year.
In the era of Trump and apocalyptic change, Hopepunk is a storytelling template for #resistance — and hanging onto your humanity at all costs.
Inside the thriving — but threatened — Tumblr community dedicated to collecting and customizing vintage robot toys.
The Kardashian-Jenner clan are shutting down all of their subscription-based apps, effectively ending an era.
End-of-year data hauls from the major social platforms show a whole bunch of sameness.
The political consulting firm reportedly used personal data secretly harvested from 87 million Facebook users.
We’ve adapted our entire culture around Facebook. That makes “just quitting” easier said than done.
The latest viral Twitter meme suggests all dudes live in mostly empty hellscapes.
Why shouldn’t games be as gross as our bodies?
Tumblr’s adult content ban is already harming the site’s vibrant community.
How a culture war over the site’s most popular user, PewDiePie, could determine the future of the platform.
PewDiePie has 76 million followers — and a history of flirting with alt-right culture. The potential consequences are grave.
You’re using product reviews all wrong.
Why some people are paying strangers on Fiverr $5 to slime themselves.