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Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors
Fanbinding has exploded in popularity in the past few years. Many fanbinders do adhere to a strict gift-economy stance in…
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Matthew Perry Deserved Better Than #DiedSuddenly
It didn’t take long for news of actor Matthew Perry’s death to go public. TMZ broke the story so early…
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The Real Reason You (Still) Watch Reality TV
On day one of shooting season five of Love Is Blind, a junior staffer walked into the control room and…
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The Twitch-Fueled Catastrophe of Kai Cenat’s New York City Giveaway
In aerial footage, a crowd throngs a bus, hurling chairs and water bottles. On the ground, a young man dances…
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Imgur has just been banned from porn | WIRED
Imgur is doing a purge. Effective May 15, website will rub pornographic images, along with other inactive content not associated…
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TikTok turned Lil Yachty’s ‘Poland’ into the national anthem
“Poland” by Lil Yachty 83 seconds long, repeated in a jarring and purposeful way. However, in the hands of TikTokit…
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Twitter Write Twitter Request | WIRED
Elon Musk takes over of the Twitter To be complete. After going into the company’s headquarters on a Play with…
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Finally, a novel with Internet access
Sometimes you just want to read a book with a plot. You know, the kind of people who meet each…
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The endless deaths of social networks
In 2012, when A Karner blue butterfly in Indiana Dunes National Seashore Park suddenly died one summer due to an…
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