Social Media
Second Coming
Orkut’s Founder Is Still Dreaming of a Social Media Utopia
In the mid-2000s, Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten’s self-titled social network briefly took the world by storm before disappearing. Now he’s back, with a plan for a happier social media.
Kyle MacNeill
Partial Reversal
Marc Andreessen Once Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for Kids
Paresh Dave
Safe Space
Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress
Matthew Hutson
Parasocial Studies
I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty
Brendan I. Koerner
Unreal Connections
Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram
Lydia Morrish
Pit of Despair
She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support Hell
Paresh Dave