Exploring Gen Z’s Ambitious and Anxiety-Fuelled Pursuit of Straight A’s Across YouTube, TikTok, Discord, and Twitter
Digital minimalists are using simple talk-and-text devices to spend less time online, curb distraction, and navigate internet addiction
How the professional platform makes networking weird
Replika users believe their AI companion chatbots have come to life
Big tech’s highest-paid workers get real on an anonymous professional social network
The disappearing divide between “followers” and “friends”
Nadir Matti, the Founder of Study Together, chats gamification, partnering with platforms, and the ins-and-outs of community building
The Past, Present, and Future of Online Identity
The demands of daily livestreaming are driving creators to rethink the benefits of Twitch fame
How Spoonbill reveals our obsession with identity
Inside the online communities where people love to hate
Cyberbits Edition #1, a weekly curated newsletter of internet finds.
Writers are using apps like Sudowrite and Subtxt to craft essays, short stories, and screenplays
An Interview with Don Caldwell, the Editor-in-Chief of Know Your Meme
Hustle Culture Takes Center Stage on the Audio Social App
Cyberbits #12: How online fan accounts for Addison Rae, Ana de Armas, and Doja Cat keep followers in the know
How drama, tea, and commentary channels keep tabs on internet influencers
Cyberbits #8: How demands for evidence have become an impossible quest for truth
Cyberbits #5: A housemaid in Kuwait, incarcerated inmates, and other unlikely creators
Book Review—Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany
Cyberbits #6: The quest to use the internet less
Cyberbits #10: “The TripAdvisor of Boob Jobs”
How online platforms monetize one-sided bonds between creators and fans
Cyberbits #2: Avatars in Active Worlds, Online Ambivalence, and Alt Accounts
