Twitter: a platform for the bored, the solipsistic, and, sometimes, the very funny. These musings range from basic to astute, but they'll all help distract you from reality.
the internets
The world had a collective freak out last night when Youtube experience a two-hour outage starting at 9pm EST - the longest outage that the streaming site has ever experienced. A veritable gold mine for content creators and consumers alike, netizens began freaking out quite promptly, taking to Twitter and Tumblr with their reactions and memes. The resulting mess makes it very, very evident that we could all probably use an internet detox. And yet here we are.
Not all heroes wear capes. This is true for the folks behind the time-saving, zero-bullshit Facebook page Stop Clickbait. Their name basically sums up their mission: they read the clickbait and spoil it so we don't have to put money in the pockets of, well, people who stoop so low as to generate clickbait. Give 'em a like on Facebook if you're into these heroic social media acts!
Well, it's official. Net Neutrality rules have been repealed and most of the internet is very, very unhappy. While we're still figuring out what this will mean for us netizens, let's look back at some of our favorite net neutrality and Ajit Pai memes. They're from a simpler time. An angry time. And angry times generally yield some quality memes.
