Blame Your Facebook Friends For Your Bad Attitude
Feeling a little cranky this morning? Well, your Facebook friends and Twitter feed probably aren't helping.
Ladies Rule Social Media
Guess what ladies? We've taken over the social web. The average American spends thirty-seven minutes each day on social media, and over half of those people have vaginas. We also share more news bits than men. We're number one!
How to Boot Vile Troll Websites From Your Facebook NewsFeed
Is your Facebook NewsFeed cluttered with outraged links to disgusting websites peddling sexist, racist nonsense? Time for a little spring cleaning, ladies!
Oh No! Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen Posted Photos of Their Son's Bris
As long as Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen do what parents do and share stuff about their child(ren) with the world, people are going to have an issue with it and media outlets are going to write about it like it's interesting. We're in for a long slog.
Bakery Is Very Sorry for Oscar Pistorius Meme Cookies
Last February, Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius was charged with murder in the killing of his girlfriend. He claims the shooting was an accident; the trial is set to start soon. And apparently, a South African bakery thought it would be smart to mark the occasion with a series of "Oscar Meme" cookies.
God Forbid Jason Biggs Post Videos of His Wife Jenny Mollen in Labor
Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen had a child over the weekend. Congratulations! But wait – maybe next time don't tell us so much about how you had that child, says Good Morning America, which aired a segment Thursday about where "the line between 'okay' and 'TMI'" is when it comes to sharing on social media.
People Can't Even Poop Without Social Media Anymore
According to the latest report, 40 percent of people 18 to 24 are whiling away their bathroom hours on various social media platforms. Guess that explains the reported rate of smartphone fecal matter contamination!
Soon You Will Be Able To Pay for Marc Jacobs Perfume With Tweets
That's right: At a new pop-up shop, you will "pay" for Marc Jacobs fragrances with tweets.
Your Grandparents Are Totally Dominating Facebook Now
Welp. I guess there goes Mark Zuckerberg's evil plan to Logan's Run all of us Facebook users over the age of 35 and melt our internal organs down to use as fuel for his next phase of advertising algorithms. Turns out, the Olds are ever so quietly taking over America's most clickable social media platform.
Oh Dear Heavens, Pinterest Users May Soon Have The Power Of GIFs
Great news, Pinterest users! Your precious photographs of blueberry muffins and wedding updos won't have to live under the tyrannical oppression of still images any longer. Because it looks like Pinterest is rolling out the ability to post gifs, at least for some users.
Brazilian Dude Pissed About His Lulu Rating Sues the Company
A Brazilian law student who's pissed about his apparently low rating on the no good, very bad dating/non-consensual objectification app Lulu is suing the company, arguing that allowing anonymous and disparaging comments to be posted about a person is unconstitutional under Brazilian law.
One-Third of American Women Are on Pinterest, Love Cheese Dip Recipes
It would appear that a full third of women in the U.S. are really, really into mason-jar D.I.Y. projects and inspirational quotes overlaid onto stock photos. Because according to the latest numbers, 33 percent of American women who bother using the Internet at all are now on Pinterest.
Teens Loathe Facebook Because of All the Old People and Baby Pics
Facebook is fast becoming the internet's parent pasture for recently replicated humans who've decided that absolutely everyone in their immediate (and not-so-immediate) social circle needs to see a 60-photo series of their new infant hiding behind a sofa to take a dump in its tiny pants. Like a monkey. A small,…
Good news for all you Snapchat addicts out there: the latest version of the app now has three "smart filters" that overlay the time, weather, and speed at which your photo was taken, in case you want the recipient of your dick pics to better evaluate what God gave you. The update also allows you to replay video a grand…
The Insane, Wonderful, Totally 2013 World of Celebrity Cheerleaders
The Internet — surely you've heard of it. It's that magical place where mostly-ordinary people become famous in the most absurd of ways. Case in point: high school cheerleaders who just happen to be so Instagram-famous that they have their own fan bases, haters, and scandals. Otherwise known as — I kid you not —…
Woman Tracked Down by Viral Campaign Deletes Social Media and Hides
In case any of you have been waiting with bated breath for the conclusion of New Zealander Reese McKee's attempt to turn his life into a Tom Hanks movie, well, I've got some bad news for you. Life does not imitate You've Got Mail.
If You Want To Forget Something, Instagram The Hell Out Of It
Thanks to the ubiquity of digital photo capturing devices, nothing need go undocumented. Food? Instagram that shit. Baby? Vines or it didn't happen. Engagements? #NoFilter #OMG And tag your new fiancee or otherwise no one will know. But although the intention of photographing everything from the banal to the momentous…
Facebook Might Add a 'Sympathize' Button, But Why Stop There?
Engineers at Facebook have recently developed a "Sympathize" button as an alternative to the not-always-appropriate "Like" button. "Sympathize" would become a response option specifically for status updates containing depressing content — like news of breakups, pets dying or alerts signaling that you've been listening to…
Selfies Aren't Empowering. They're a Cry for Help.
Much virtual ink has been spilled over the past few days over the Oxford Dictionary's choice of "selfie" for 2013 word of the year. But I've noticed among the chorus of opinions on the social media self portrait an annoying trend: the selfie evangelist. Selfies are just dandy, they say, because they're a way for people…
Martha Stewart Can't Stop Tweeting Really Gross Pictures of Food
For a woman who has built an empire marketing her own smugly tied gingham ribbon of perfection and self-satisfied domesticity, Martha Stewart is remarkably terrible at one thing that, in the digital age, is almost unavoidable: sharing pictures of food on social media. In fact, Martha Stewart's Twitter feed is…