“Translating the essence of who you are into a digestible product is a strange way to live, especially when you’re a young adult and your sense of self is in flux.”— Eve Peyser, vice.com
“Being an asshole online, whether it’s tagging the target of your wrath or subtly hinting at the identity of whoever you’re bashing, can make you seem unhinged and sickly.”— Eve Peyser, vice.com
“While social platforms may be too big to fail, they are increasingly trending to become the Closed Web in the coming years.”— Kunal Gupta, polar.me
“We're part of a generation of liberals that aren't good at arguing for the things we (on a moral-emotional level) assume to be true. Assuming we were on the 'right side of history' has often made our ideas less interesting and creative than those of young right-of-center writers”— Shadi Hamid, twitter.com
“yes. crossing the border without documentation is illegal. being black without a white owner was illegal. walking into a whites only restaurant was illegal. in germany, being a jewish person was illegal. without ethics, laws are just the stories we tell to justify horror.”— isi breen, twitter.com
“Ariana's likes, while not an outright confirmation of the validity of the news, sure do look suspiciously like confirmation of the validity of the news.”— Claire Dodson, teenvogue.com
“Best career advice that I can give: Don't ever attach yourself to a person, a place, a company, an organization or a project.”— erica williams simon, twitter.com
“Why do we treat Carrie like she committed war crimes? She cheated once? She liked shoes? She wasn't always right? People regard Don Draper and Walter White as fascinatingly flawed protagonists but they're ready to send Carrie Bradshaw to the Hague for punning in marabou??”— Kyle Buchanan, twitter.com
“1988: made you this mixtape 1998: I burned you this CD 2008: made you this playlist 2018: *doesnt do anything cuz too afraid to come off as thirsty*”— Eden Dranger, twitter.com
“You make a mistake and something dies. And then—if you get through it—in a week or ten days’ time, the grass comes, the sun shines, and there is a feeling of absolute sheer exhaustion that turns to elation.”— James Rebanks, newyorker.com
“There's more outrage on Twitter about a One Direction split or about what one band member said to another than there is about institutionalized racism and something huge.”— Trevor Noah, gq.com
“All of this random, reflexive, high-profile tweeting by a famous man communicating directly with his vast following . . . wherever have we seen this before?”— Michelle Ruiz, vogue.com
“going on twitter is like going to the zoo, none of this is real and all of it is bizarre and worth studying”— Chrissy Stockton, twitter.com
“Sometimes I’m jealous of my girlfriend or my friends. I have to go through my day knowing about this shit. I have to know about Kurt Eichenwald. It feels very self-punishing, self-flagellating in a certain way.”— Krang T. Nelson, esquire.com