Posted inPop Culture
Are You Smarter Than a Flat Earther?
The Flat Earth Society is like Scientology for fools. Both are based on equally ridiculous theories, but flat-earthers don’t have to go through half as much propaganda to be convinced.
Posted inTechnology
YouTube, TikTok, Live Cricket: Will the Mobile Tariff Hike Deprive the Poor of Everyday Entertainment?
A rise in mobile tariff might not impact you and me. I’d be more mindful of downloads and use WiFi more often. But it’s going to hit the watchman, whose shift is made tolerable with YouTube, and the rickshawallah whose long rides are made less dreary because of live cricket commentary, hard.
Posted inCyber
A Nation of Nasty Keyboard Warriors
YouTube commenters have zero chill. The remarks reflect the kind of polarisation that makes “love jihad” seem like the most plausible explanation for a declining Hindu populace.
Posted inPeople
The In-Betweeners: Millennials Who Aren’t Millennial Enough
We were born in the ’80s; and we’re millennials too. But we’re also the last generation to have actually known what life without internet and mobile phones looked like.
Posted inPop Culture
PewDiePie vs T-Series: No Matter Who Wins This Scrappy Internet Brawl, We Lose
When did YouTube become a battleground between PewDiePie, a Swedish man-child who makes memes for a living, and T-Series, an implacable corporation that relentlessly polices social media?
Posted inTechnology
Let the Music Play: A Comprehensive Guide to Picking the Right Streaming App
From the cool kid Spotify to the try-hard JioSaavn, we’ve done a character study of the most-popular music streaming apps out there, so that you can decide which one will strike the right chord.
Posted inBollywood
Did YouTube Really Need a Govinda Channel?
It’s not clear why Govinda has decided to become a cringe-pop Hallmark greeting card on YouTube in 2020, but it does beg the question: Who are the 21k people who are listening to these songs and why haven’t they discovered Baba Sehgal yet?
Posted inColumns
Rearview | What Unites the World Record Egg and Weeping Users of TikTok India?
Earlier this week, the participative nature of the internet peaked, when people all over the world gathered to make a stock of an egg, the most-liked post on Instagram. Yup. The same internet that led to the proliferation of the Arab Spring bonded over an inanity.
