Twitter

extremely online Apr. 2, 2024

Yapping and Yearning: How Online Were You in March?Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling.

By Kate Lindsay

screen time Mar. 18, 2024

X’s New Video Strategy Is a Pivot to NowhereThe social-media platform is going video-first by posting every other platform’s videos last.

By John Herrman

pivot Mar. 17, 2024

Don Lemon on How Elon Musk Whacked His X ContractThe former CNN host tells Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway that Musk didn’t like being confronted with facts.

By Intelligencer Staff

extremely online Mar. 1, 2024

Are You an Elite Employee?How online were you in February? You should know this, too …

By Kate Lindsay

celebrity Mar. 1, 2024

British GQ & Christian Louboutin Celebrate Music And Style - VIP Arrivals

Tweet at Charli XCX at Your Own RiskAnother album rollout, another minor online controversy.

By Cat Zhang

games Feb. 27, 2024

Elon Musk at the World Cup final in Qatar

The Slow, Painful Death of Sports TwitterWhat was once an essential and joyous gathering place has become a wasteland under Elon Musk.

By Will Leitch

culture wars Feb. 9, 2024

Gina Carano and Elon Musk Team Up Against Disney and LucasfilmThese two think they’re the scrappy underdogs in this free-speech fight.

By Fran Hoepfner

extremely online Feb. 1, 2024

The Memes Were Looking Absolutely Fire in JanuaryWe’re Vulture. Of course we’re going to tell you how online you are.

By Kate Lindsay

taylor swift Jan. 26, 2024

The Swiftie Fight to Protect Taylor Swift From AIFans took matters into their own hands after explicit deepfake photos of the pop singer circulated online.

By Cat Zhang

i’m with ger(wig) Jan. 24, 2024

Hillary Clinton Pokémon-Goes-Off on Barbie SnubsEveryone needs to Greta grip!

By Rebecca Alter

extremely online Jan. 5, 2024

Put a Bow on 2023: How Online Were You in December?Three tweet threads, two Grok AIs, and a Deux Moi vs. a rare Tree.

By Kate Lindsay

feuds Dec. 19, 2023

Tesla Is Disappearing Disney+ From Its CarsIt is now harder to watch Cars in cars.

By James Grebey

screen time Dec. 11, 2023

What the Hell Is Elon Musk Doing at X? 5 Theories of the CaseNot only are things not going according to plan — it can seem as though there was never much of a plan at all.

By John Herrman

‘true’ story Dec. 4, 2023

May December May Cause Internet BrainTodd Haynes’s kaleidoscopic new film was not built for online discourse.

By Fran Hoepfner

extremely online Dec. 1, 2023

It’s Giving Thanks: How Online Were You in November?And do you know where your boyfriend’s hoodie is?

By Kate Lindsay

extremely online Nov. 30, 2023

Henry Kissinger Gets a Kiss-OffMemes are the sincerest form of hatred.

By Jason P. Frank

addicted to posting Nov. 20, 2023

Advertisers Are Running From X and Elon Musk’s AntisemitismApple, IBM, and several entertainment conglomerates have pulled ads from the platform. Musk is tweeting through it.

By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner

on with kara swisher Nov. 3, 2023

Ben Mezrich on the Musk and Zuck Messiah ComplexesKara Swisher talks all things Elon with the author of the new book, Breaking Twitter.

By Intelligencer Staff

bloys blog Nov. 1, 2023

Dear TV Networks: Don’t Fire Your Secret Twitter-Troll HenchmenIt’s funny.

By Jason P. Frank

extremely online Nov. 1, 2023

So Skibidi: How Online Were You In October?Things are not looking very Christian Girl Autumn.

By Kate Lindsay

business 101 Oct. 30, 2023

Visionary Musk Boosts X Value by Negative $25 Billion in Just One YearIt takes work to lose this much money.

By Matt Stieb

on with kara swisher Oct. 24, 2023

Navigating the Digital Fog of the Israel-Hamas WarKara Swisher talks with three veterans of the disinformation war about how to tell what’s real and who is behind the viral content that isn’t.

By Intelligencer Staff

screen time Oct. 18, 2023

Is X (Formerly Twitter) Worth $1?Elon Musk has a big new idea to make all active users pay a small fee.

By John Herrman

screen time Oct. 14, 2023

Why Wartime Social Media Is Hellish and DisorientingThe Israel-Hamas war shows how platforms like Twitter are moving further downstream from reality.

By John Herrman

screen time Oct. 6, 2023

Would Anyone Really Want to Pay for TikTok?Social-media companies are suddenly interested in subscriptions, but they may be misunderstanding their audience.

By John Herrman

extremely online Sept. 29, 2023

When in (Ancient) Rome: How Online Were You in September?Keep your friends close and your Tabis closer.

By Kate Lindsay

what we know Sept. 28, 2023

What X CEO Linda Yaccarino Claimed at the Code ConferenceIn a tense interview, the head of Elon Musk’s social-media platform insisted everything was going great — and that she really was the CEO.

By Chas Danner

speechless Sept. 21, 2023

Looks Like Lucy Dacus Got Matty Healy to Be QuietAfter one quote tweet from her, he deactivated his account.

By Jennifer Zhan

on with kara swisher Sept. 18, 2023

Walter Isaacson on Almost All the Criticism of His Elon Musk BookKara Swisher grills the author on his new biography and tries to get him to admit whether or not he actually likes Musk.

By Intelligencer Staff

screen time Sept. 16, 2023

Social Media Drops the ‘Digital Town Square’ RoutineEvery platform used to be for everyone, but those days are gone.

By John Herrman

screen time Sept. 14, 2023

Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media MetricsThose view counts on Twitter, TikTok, and Netflix? Be very skeptical.

By John Herrman

x-tremely online Sept. 11, 2023

Grimes Used Elon Musk’s Own Platform to Reveal Their Third ChildNamed Techno Mechanicus.

By Justin Curto

extremely online Sept. 1, 2023

Cyber System Overload: How Online Were You in August?Girl dinner is over. It’s time for some girl math.

By Kate Lindsay

queer cinema Aug. 14, 2023

The Sexy Indie Film Blowing Up the Group ChatPassages is the feel-bad, bicurious, throuple-questioning, could-it-happen-to-us hit of the year.

By Caitlin Quinlan

#fadeinthewater Aug. 9, 2023

The Montgomery Brawl Is Music to the Internet’s Ears“Lift every chair and swing,” Sheryl Lee Ralph sang.

By Zoe Guy

meet me at the cop slide Aug. 4, 2023

Gravity Takes Down Boston Police OfficerKarma is my boyfriend, and it’s also the viral video of a cop flying down a children’s slide on the internet.

By Bella Arnold

are you sure? Aug. 1, 2023

Swifties, Meme Me Behind the MallTaylor Swift fans are living for the hope of it all through “August” memes.

By Alejandra Gularte

extremely online Aug. 1, 2023

Attenzione, Pickpocket! How Online Were You in July?You’ll never look at Nair the same way again.

By Kate Lindsay

twitter July 31, 2023

Twitter’s New X Is Officially a Bad SignNeighbors and city building inspectors were not thrilled about Elon Musk’s giant new strobe light atop X-Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.

By Chas Danner

technology July 24, 2023

All the Ways Elon Musk’s X Is Different From TwitterThe branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.

By Margaret Hartmann

rip twitter July 23, 2023

Elon Musk Says Twitter’s Logo Will Change to the Letter XUgh.

By Charu Sinha

the left July 20, 2023

Will There Be Bananas Under Socialism?The most important question facing the American left today.

By Eric Levitz

office apocalypse July 17, 2023

The Teetering Tech OfficeMeta and Twitter are shedding square footage, while Amazon and Google aren’t giving up the dream.

By Adriane Quinlan

sports July 16, 2023

Threads Has Woj Bombs Now, So the Site Has Really ArrivedA-list scoop machines like Adrian Wojnarowski and Adam Schefter are giving Mark Zuckerberg’s “Twitter killer” some sports credibility.

By Eve Peyser

screen time July 13, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads Is an Early Success — Thanks to Elon MuskA hundred million users later, Meta’s timing with its Twitter knockoff looks both savvy and lucky.

By John Herrman

fiascos July 3, 2023

Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less TwitterMusk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.

By Chas Danner

extremely online July 1, 2023