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No-Makeup Selfies Can’t Cure Cancer, and Detroit Just Discovered a Ton of Rapists
Sarah Ratchford's latest round-up of the previous week's highlights and lowlights in the world of gender politics.
Pharrell's Hat Was an Inside Job
We are through the looking glass on the biggest hat-themed viral marketing conspiracy theory of all time.
The Internet Is a Giant Lie Factory
It's too easy for hoaxes, conspiracy theories and outright lies to go viral.
How to Turn a Terrorist Bombing Into a Web Hit
I am fully aware of how hypocritical it must seem for me to be aggregating content from other sites for a listicle complaining about sites traffic-whoring in the wake of a tragedy, but these posts really annoyed me. If I could turn off the hit counter...
The Worst Attempts to Squeeze Web Traffic from the Boston Bombings
Yesterday, two bombs were detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Across the country, while people were trying to make sense of what had happened and wondering what they could do to help, website editors and bloggers asked themselves, "How...
The King of Internet Buzz
If the authorities ever sought to find the mad scientist overseeing the viral spread of LOLcats, dancing videos, and the slow death of old media, Jonah Peretti would be the number one suspect.