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A club where you pay thousands to make 'old money' content
https://www.usermag.co/p/old-money-content-private-club-quiet-luxury-tuxedosociety-tiktok-instagram
Published: February 3, 2025 14:11
TuxedoSociety is a club for Gen Zs looking to get together and make 'quiet luxury' style videos for TikTok and Instagram. But getting in is not cheap.
Discussing free speech w/ Hamish
https://www.usermag.co/p/discussing-free-speech-w-hamish
Published: January 31, 2025 23:33
A recording from Taylor Lorenz's live video
Why a MAGA influencer turned on Trump
https://www.usermag.co/p/why-a-maga-influencer-turned-on-trump-clarkson-lawson-kamala-harris-tiktok
Published: January 31, 2025 20:19
+ Pick me foods, a Hollywood power brawl, the return of OG Facebook, Zyn supremacy, and the Senator secretly running the Democrat's social media strategy
Inside Candace Owens plans to dominate women's media
https://www.usermag.co/p/candace-owens-new-media-company-club-candace-daily-wire-independent
Published: January 29, 2025 17:01
The conservative influencer is launching a multi-platform women's media brand, book club and fitness app aimed at targeting young mothers.
DashCon 2.0 + Gen Z mall mania
https://www.usermag.co/p/dashcon-20-gen-z-mall-mania
Published: January 27, 2025 17:33
+ Wokeipedia, Spotify's new podcaster plaques, Tinder's TikTok hail mary, Waymo violence, and how WhatsApp ate the world
TikTok's 'cute winter boots' trend explained
https://www.usermag.co/p/tiktok-cute-winter-boots-meaning-explained-algospeak
Published: January 25, 2025 14:51
As the U.S. government seeks to enact stricter controls over online speech, TikTok users are adopting more coded 'algospeak' to criticize and resist the government
Gen Z’s Jerry Springer show
https://www.usermag.co/p/gen-zs-jerry-springer-show
Published: January 24, 2025 16:37
+ IRL ChatGPT sexbots, Humanity’s Last Exam, YouTube at 4x, yak wool vs glass skin, and the rise of wedding QR codes
How YouTubers pushed young male voters to Trump (with receipts)
https://www.usermag.co/p/how-youtubers-pushed-young-male-voters
Published: January 23, 2025 15:19
+ Gamergate 2.0, pocket cheese, NYT on The Rizzler, MrBeast is hiring, and a Twitter exec reveals why Vine *really* failed
The Great Creator Reset
https://www.usermag.co/p/the-great-creator-reset
Published: January 18, 2025 14:30
The TikTok ban isn't just a platform reconfiguration, it will reshape the political leaning of the creator economy and permanently alter whose voices get heard online.
The RedNote honeymoon won't last
https://www.usermag.co/p/the-rednote-honeymoon-wont-last
Published: January 16, 2025 13:19
+ A furry chlorine attack, ChatGPT sex, work monitoring software, and how Facebook became a woman-only app