Social Media
Life Unfiltered: Why I Opened Up About My Cancer Scare on Social Media
“I’m tired of hiding,” I say aloud to nobody. I’m alone on a travel assignment, scrolling Instagram in my room and thinking about how frustrating […]
Philly Today: Main Line Mom Racks Up 40 Million Views for Adorable Back-to-School Video
Ardmore Mom’s “Terrible Sandwich Video” Goes Viral on TikTok You know when a bunch of people seem to be obsessing about some silly video making […]
Realtor Wars: Keller Williams Fires Agent Who Trolled Ori Feibush’s Family On Facebook
Ori Feibush has his fair share of haters, whether it’s City Councilperson Kenyatta Johnson or opponents of gentrification or just disgruntled tenants. Having haters comes […]
The Curious Case of Roxborough’s Nazi Flag
Last Friday night, Roxborough’s main community Facebook group overflowed with fierce debate over a singular photo: A Nazi flag. The flag had been spotted hanging […]
I Thought Making Money as an Instagram Momfluencer Would Be Easy
About a year ago, I fell deep into the rabbit hole of perfect motherhood on Instagram. I found myself awake well past midnight, unable to […]
Real Philly Therapists on the Worst Mental Health Advice and Trends They’ve Seen on TikTok
TikTok, the minute-long video app that pairs sharable background audio with viral dances, comedic skits, cooking and DIY tutorials, real-life scary stories and more, has […]
Sea Shanties — Yes, Sea Shanties — Are Making a Comeback, Thanks in Part to This Delco Teen
Luke Taylor was 17 when his voice dropped from a normal teenage register to a deep basso profundo. “I freaked out my family,” he recalls […]
Pour One Out for the PA Treasury Twitter Account
No one should ever be subjected to the jokes, quips or musings of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups on Twitter. Unfortunately for us, the marketing consultants […]
A Troubling Number of PA Voters Believe in Bonkers Conspiracy Theories
From the department of “things that should concern you if you’re a citizen of a democratic polity that’s having an election in a few days,” […]
How Gritty (and His Entourage) Made it Okay to Laugh Again
This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. When the pandemic […]
Three Philadelphians Using Their Social Media Platforms to Effect Real Change
This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. In a year […]
Internet Calls Death at South Philly Playground a Lynching, Relatives of Deceased Say Otherwise
There are two things that everybody agrees on about the death of Allen Mikell. One is that he breathed his final breath at Capitolo Playground […]
FactCheck.org’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the Golden Age of Misinformation
At a time when we’re surrounded by both more information and less certainty about its accuracy than ever, Kathleen Hall Jamieson is on the front […]
Philly Health Experts Turn to Social Media to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation
With COVID-19 social distancing measures in full effect, it might be starting to feel like it’s just you and Siri against the world. Many of […]
These Philly Sports Stars Are Crushing It On TikTok
One of the extremely trivial but also kind of sad things about our present moment is that there are no sports. This is a problem […]