Read on Twitter
1. A @taylorlorenz appreciation thread -- this reporting required more than an iPhone, wasn't a summary review, i.e. "write up," and it included and ranged far beyond TikTok memes. It wasn't done every 3 days but over a career. (Don't know her. Hope this doesn't freak her out.)
2. "Between March 20 and March 24, the number of coronavirus-related campaigns on GoFundMe shot up by 60 percent, from 22,000 to 35,000. The stories told on those fund-raising pages convey the breadth of destruction that the new coronavirus has wreaked" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/style/gofundme-coronavirus.html
3. "[Shopify] last week closed more than 4,500 sites related to the virus. [Shopify] said sites that did not back up the medical claims they made were suspended from the platform. By Mon., nearly all the sites identified by The Times had been removed." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/business/coronavirus-ecommerce-sites.html
4. From 2019 -- Instagram Has a Massive Harassment Problem "The platform has cast itself as the internet’s kindest place. But users argue harassment is rampant, and employees say efforts to stem it aren’t funded well or prioritized." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/instagram-is-the-internets-new-home-for-hate/585382/
5. On anti-vaxxers + hate groups on Instagram -- "As of Tue. afternoon, 3 of the top 12 Instagram posts featuring the hashtag #vaccines were promoting anti-vaccine messages—after FB announced... it would diminish the reach of anti-vaccine information..." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/instagram-is-the-internets-new-home-for-hate/585382/
6. From 2018 - GirlWithNoJob, JackieOProblems, and the rest of the Instagram-famous family have gone to great lengths to conceal the identity of their Islamophobic mother. "None of the girls have spoken out or denounced their mother’s extremist views." https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-instagram-stars-hiding-their-famous-muslim-hating-mom-pamela-geller
7. Revealing some troubles with a startup that wanted to be the new Insta, and the shady past of the people who made the app. https://www.thedailybeast.com/as-vero-blows-up-backlash-builds-against-shady-social-app
8. And this heart-wrenching, timely story after the Parkland schools shooting. "A gunman killed 17 people at a south Florida high school with a high-powered rifle, as students recorded the massacre on their phones." https://www.thedailybeast.com/parkland-florida-school-shooting-stoneman-douglas-high
9. Also - if you're going to gripe about how reporters have it easy, keep in mind the online, and real life abuses reporters take for the work they do. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/journalist-taylor-lorenz-punched-while-filming-aftermath-fatal-attack/
10. Thanks in advance for not trolling tech reporters, especially those who do pretty amazing, unique work.
Ok, have at me. Just make it funny.
