retail therapy

The last days of social media.

The last days of social media. Here’s a missive about the end of the era of social media, the start of the AI-generated content swamp era that we’re in now, and a hope for a future where someone has created […]

better doing

Kill your feeds.

“We are being boiled like frogs. It happened gradually, one algorithmic tweak at a time. What started as a way to connect with friends has become a system that gives the corporations that run social media control over what we […]

retail therapy

The North Face gets social media.

“The North Face pulled an elaborate marketing stunt on TikTok and delivered some rain gear via helicopter to a woman in New Zealand, whose complaint about the brand went viral on the platform.” ~ learn more

under the microscope

Inflammation drives social media use.

“It seems that inflammation not only increases social media use, but our results show preliminary evidence that it’s also associated with using social media to specifically interact with other users, like direct messaging and posting to people’s pages. Interestingly, inflammation […]

retail therapy

When brands got horny.

“For a time, acting sassy or edgy was enough for brands seeking to break through the social-media noise. These days, however, the golden ticket is acting horny.” | learn more

tech, startups, internet

Real pictures are overrated.

“A new, AI-powered selfie generating tool called strmr.com is making the rounds on social media, allowing users to create incredibly stylized, beautiful and handsome versions of their own faces by simply feeding the algorithm around five to ten previously taken […]

tech, startups, internet

The end of social media.

And the rise of recommendation media which places “far less emphasis on friends and social graphs in favor of carefully curated, magical algorithmic experiences that match the perfect content for the right people at the exact right time.” | learn more