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Sierra Rogers

So, You Publicly Fucked Up? (ft. Ned Fulmer)

What’s in a Wife Guy? (Derogatory)

Sarah Parker

What’s in a Wife Guy? (Derogatory)

From Plain Text to Subtext

Caroline Brewton

From Plain Text to Subtext

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A word search for the things we loved (and lost)

Ashley Sava

Can you find these things — again? 🥀

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Ah yes, the pungent TANG of nostalgia for things we thought we'd never outgrow… until we did… like, say, childhood pajamas, or boyfriends we had for two periods in 5th grade. (Sorry, Jeff.) (Why were they always named Jeff?)

This game's for everything that once ruled our lives — and now is just a distant memory lurking in the squalid annals of our online history.

Think you can find these things again?

Pfft. Perhaps. Perhaps you can — here, in this most banal of carnival games — but nowhere else. For the wheel of time moves in one direction, and regret will stay with you forever.

Get searching, I say — or don’t. For as the great philosopher Sarah McLachlan once said: "I will remember you… will you remember me?"

Read on:

So, You Publicly Fucked Up? (ft. Ned Fulmer)

Sierra Rogers

So, You Publicly Fucked Up? (ft. Ned Fulmer)

What’s in a Wife Guy? (Derogatory)

Sarah Parker

What’s in a Wife Guy? (Derogatory)

From Plain Text to Subtext

Caroline Brewton

From Plain Text to Subtext

How to be a Perfect Person Online

Sierra Rogers

How to be a Perfect Person Online

Artificial Exploitation

Caroline Brewton

Artificial Exploitation

That's Not On My Bingo Card: 2026 edition

Sierra Rogers

That's Not On My Bingo Card: 2026 edition

She Sold her Bathwater, but You Drank it

Ashley Sava

She Sold her Bathwater, but You Drank it

JOIN US (ONLINE): Cults and Social Media

Sarah Parker

JOIN US (ONLINE): Cults and Social Media

Extreme Acts: The (Ancient) Art of Going Viral

Sierra Rogers

Extreme Acts: The (Ancient) Art of Going Viral

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT: THE GLEEFUL DEATH OF TRADITIONAL MARKETING

Dustin Dooling

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT: THE GLEEFUL DEATH OF TRADITIONAL MARKETING

So You Wanna Shitpost: A Creator’s Guide to Weaponized Nonsense

Ashley Sava

So You Wanna Shitpost: A Creator’s Guide to Weaponized Nonsense

Censorship Is Not a Kink: How Matt Slayer Fights Back

Robert Dean Hilliard

Censorship Is Not a Kink: How Matt Slayer Fights Back

Hot Takes, Typos, and Total Chaos: The Secret Tactics Driving Online Engagement

Sierra Rogers

Hot Takes, Typos, and Total Chaos: The Secret Tactics Driving Online Engagement

THE DEATH MARCH OF HYPERCOLOR BALLOON SWORDS

Dustin Dooling

THE DEATH MARCH OF HYPERCOLOR BALLOON SWORDS

“They’re Watching Me”: Gang Stalking, Internet Delusions, & the Modern Mindf*ck

Ashley Sava

“They’re Watching Me”: Gang Stalking, Internet Delusions, & the Modern Mindf*ck

Deals, Steals, and Faceless Kills

Dustin Dooling

Deals, Steals, and Faceless Kills

The Unripest Avocado: Nicholas Perry and the Dangers of Audience Capture

Nick Gaudio

The Unripest Avocado: Nicholas Perry and the Dangers of Audience Capture

The Algorithm That Loves You Back

Robert Dean Hilliard

The Algorithm That Loves You Back

Social Strategy / What Not To Do

Sarah Parker

Social Strategy / What Not To Do

Branded Since Birth

Ashley Sava

Branded Since Birth

Nick Gaudio

DUMB AND LAZY

How to not be a shitty affiliate seller, a talk with So_Narly

Ashley Sava

How to not be a shitty affiliate seller, a talk with So_Narly

Affiliate Marketing: The Modern QVC

Sarah Parker

Affiliate Marketing: The Modern QVC

Parasocial Profit: The Unethical Underbelly of Affiliate Marketing

Robert Dean Hilliard

Parasocial Profit: The Unethical Underbelly of Affiliate Marketing

Stitch Incoming: Annie Stafford, Niche, and the Future of Fashion

Robert Dean Hilliard

Stitch Incoming: Annie Stafford, Niche, and the Future of Fashion

Angels, Devils, and the Internal Creative Crisis

Dustin Dooling

Angels, Devils, and the Internal Creative Crisis

Remix or Robbery

Ashley Sava

Remix or Robbery

Dustin Dooling

Step right up!

Nick Gaudio

Creators: More ‘Brand Love Triangles’ Are Coming

Social Media is Definitely Ruining Romance

Logan Freedman

Social Media is Definitely Ruining Romance

Ashley Sava

Lost love

Cooking Up a Social Media Empire

Robert Dean Hilliard

Cooking Up a Social Media Empire

Right & Wrong Reasons to Expand

Ashley Sava

Right & Wrong Reasons to Expand

Have Influencers Peaked?

Robert Dean Hilliard

Have Influencers Peaked?

The Parasocial Paradox

Maria Valaikaite

The Parasocial Paradox

That's Not On My Bingo Card: 2025 edition

Nick Gaudio

That's Not On My Bingo Card: 2025 edition

What’s Your Creator Fortune?

Ashley Sava

What’s Your Creator Fortune?

Engagement Dread: It’s Not Your Fault (But It Kinda Is?)

Nick Gaudio

Engagement Dread: It’s Not Your Fault (But It Kinda Is?)

Fur-Ever Famous

Robert Dean Hilliard

Fur-Ever Famous

Prove You're Human

Nick Gaudio

Prove You're Human

Mercy Kill Your Online Persona

Ashley Sava

Mercy Kill Your Online Persona

Still Posting Post-Death

Dustin Dooling

Still Posting Post-Death

Cardboard Pizza: The Deadly Art of Losing Your Social Media Credibility

Robert Dean Hilliard

Cardboard Pizza: The Deadly Art of Losing Your Social Media Credibility

From Mr. Beast to Mr. Least?

Ashley Sava

From Mr. Beast to Mr. Least?

Robots & Red Lace

Nick Gaudio

Robots & Red Lace

Parental Discretion (Still) Advised

Dustin Dooling

Parental Discretion (Still) Advised

It’s 2024 and — Wait, Email Doesn’t Suck?

Nick Gaudio

It’s 2024 and — Wait, Email Doesn’t Suck?

Will Post for Food

Nick Gaudio

Will Post for Food

Creators in the Headlights: When Big Media Shifts Gears

Robert Dean Hilliard

Creators in the Headlights: When Big Media Shifts Gears

Survey: Сreators feeling stress, stress, and careful curations

Dustin Dooling

Survey: Сreators feeling stress, stress, and careful curations

What’s a like on Instagram ‘worth’ in 2024?

Nick Gaudio

What’s a like on Instagram ‘worth’ in 2024?

A crash course in "crash course"

Nick Gaudio

A crash course in "crash course"

Speed sells: Why it’s important to respond lickety-split

Nick Gaudio

Speed sells: Why it’s important to respond lickety-split