Abby Ohlheiser
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The children’s show ‘Bluey’ is a balm for stressed, child-free adults
Joe Brumm, the show’s creator, isn’t surprised it’s resonating with adults who find the show on TikTok. “A story is a story,” he says. → Read More
Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds to midnight, the symbolic hour of the apocalypse
The symbolic clock represents how close we are to the end of the human species. → Read More
The 24 most important viral reactions on the Internet in the past 20 years
Reactions have shaped the participatory Internet for two decades. Let's review. → Read More
How the ‘Okay’ hand sign keeps tricking us into looking
A gesture appeared on the broadcast of the Army-Navy football game, and old debate started again → Read More
Last year’s YouTube ‘Rewind’ was the most disliked video in the site’s history. This year they put PewDiePie in it.
YouTube abandoned its cameo-filled approach to "Rewind" and got out of the way instead. → Read More
This decade taught us to love viral pets. Now we have to grieve their deaths.
R.I.P.: Lil Bub, Grumpy Cat, Boo and Buddy, Keyboard Cat, Colonel Meow, Bandito, Gabe the Dog, Tillman the Skateboarding Dog ... → Read More
This decade taught us to love viral pets. Now we have to grieve their deaths.
R.I.P.: Lil Bub, Grumpy Cat, Boo and Buddy, Keyboard Cat, Colonel Meow, Bandito, Gabe the Dog, Tillman the Skateboarding Dog.... → Read More
A short journey into the MAGA Internet’s obsession with Swole Trump
The President tweeted a photo of himself with Sylvester Stallone's body, and here we are. → Read More
‘This app is free and therapy is not’: Gen Z will keep using TikTok even if they don’t trust it
“We’re all just in too deep, I think,” one college sophomore said. → Read More
The only thing that mattered in the boxing match between YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI was your attention
Online content doesn't have to be good to go viral. → Read More
THC, cyanide and razor blades: How sketchy urban myths taught parents to fear Halloween candy
The October tradition of needlessly freaking out about strange sweets → Read More
‘Don’t leave campus’: Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college
As Gen Z grows up and goes to college, some parents are using technology to keep a close watch → Read More
Splinter, the digital news successor to Gawker, is shutting down
"Thank you to all of our readers, fans, and haters," editor in chief Aleksander Chan wrote. → Read More
We can’t impeach the Internet, so buckle up
“What the Trump era requires is a kind of dark psychic yoga that also creates space. More space for more vexation, and more space for more tolerance for that vexation.” → Read More
PewDiePie Waged a War Against His Critics. When He Tried to Make Peace, His Fans Rebelled.
PewDiePie’s announcement of a donation prompted conspiracy theories and angry memes from some of his fans, who claimed without evidence on Twitter, Reddit, and in the comments of his video that the star must have been blackmailed into making the donation. → Read More
PewDiePie, the biggest star on YouTube, waged a war against his critics. When he tried to make peace, his fans rebelled.
"I feel like I’ve finally come in terms with the responsibilities I have as a creator," he said in a video celebrating 100 million subscribers. → Read More
Why so many of your favorite YouTube videos are secretly infomercials
YouTubers have to build businesses off their viral fame quicker than ever, and it's changing YouTube's content. → Read More
The fountain pen-obsessed entrepreneur behind 8chan, the Internet’s most notorious hate forum
Congress wants to meet Jim Watkins after the Web forum he owns was linked to three recent massacres. → Read More
The Dobre Brothers are trying to be the next Mister Rogers — if Rogers rapped about being ‘lit’
With flashy supercars, backflips, and anti-bullying song lyrics, the Dobre brothers are the model for a new kind of children's celebrity. → Read More
High schoolers are inviting thousands of strangers to watch as they get into college — and get rejected
College reaction videos on YouTube are teaching next year's applicants about the reality of college admissions. → Read More