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We asked insiders to weigh in on the trends that will shape the internet in 2024 Grace Cary/Getty Images hide caption

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Less oversharing and more intimate AI relationships? Internet predictions for 2024

December 29, 2023 • A surge in people "dating" chatbots, less oversharing on social media and Gen Alpha creating slang. Here's what experts predict the internet might bring us in 2024.

Less oversharing and more intimate AI relationships? Internet predictions for 2024

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Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A 'Get Well Soon!' Card For A Sick System

Get Well Soon! is an online artwork of more than 200,000 comments from the GoFundMe website. Visit the Get Well Soon! site. Sam Lavigne and Tega Brain hide caption

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Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A 'Get Well Soon!' Card For A Sick System

September 29, 2020 • "We're thinking about it as an archive of well wishes, but an archive that shouldn't exist, that exists because of a terrible structural inequality that we all face," says artist Sam Lavigne.

Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A 'Get Well Soon!' Card For A Sick System

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'It Came From Something Awful' Links 4Chan And Today's Political Discourse

It Came From Something Awful, by Dale Beran All Points Books hide caption

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'It Came From Something Awful' Links 4Chan And Today's Political Discourse

July 30, 2019 • If author Dale Beran is to be believed, all the world's an Internet forum. His new book offers an overview of Internet culture and explores the mindset and techniques of early Internet trolls.

Under Employers' Gaze, Gen Z Is Biting Its Tongue On Social Media

Only about 1 in 10 teenagers say they share personal, religious or political beliefs on social media, according to a recent survey from Pew Research Center. Karly Domb Sadof/AP hide caption

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Under Employers' Gaze, Gen Z Is Biting Its Tongue On Social Media

April 13, 2019 • The post-millennial generation, known as Generation Z, is entering the workforce at a time when 70 percent of employers check social media during the hiring process.