0.5 Selfies and Hobby Dating
0.5 Selfies and Hobby Dating
NFTs are the new...
Gen Z on why Glastonbury is cooler than ever; Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion, and Phoebe Bridgers send SCOTUS a loud message; and Forbes is reporting that NFTs are the new roses (lol).
THE RISE OF THE 0.5 SELFIE, nyt
The 0.5 selfies are showing up on Instagram, proliferating in group chats, becoming the talk of parties and often being snapped to chronicle the minutiae of daily life. Unlike a traditional selfie, the 0.5 selfie — so named because users tap 0.5x on a smartphone camera to toggle to ultra-wide mode — has become popular because it is far from curated.
THREDUP IS TELLING CUSTOMERS TO BOYCOTT A SHEIN POP-UP, modernretail
Shein is opening an in-person pop-up shop from June 24 to June 26 in San Francisco; in response, Oakland-based ThredUp is sending push notifications to its Bay Area subscribers asking them to pledge not to shop the pop-up — and offering discounts and free shipping for its own services via text.
CAN ELVIS SURVIVE GEN Z?, wsj
As the real Elvis recedes into history — Elvis ranked 229th in total music streams this year so far, compared to, say, the Beatles at 45th — marketing him to young people is a continuing challenge. Part of the strategy: recruiting influencers like Emily Uribe to help build hype online. Warner Bros. sent the 22-year-old with close to 1 million TikTok followers to the Cannes film festival, where she attended the film’s world premiere—and confirmed that Mr. Butler is a match for its main character.
THE BURGER THAT INSTAGRAM BUILT, nyt
“We’ve treated Monty’s almost the way you would treat a young band that you found at a 300-person club that was selling out…we didn’t put a lot of focus into trying to get the culinary world to love Monty’s. Our goal was to get musicians, skaters, people in fashion and dog lovers to love Monty’s.” Aaaand now I want a veggie burger from Monty’s.
FROM TRAINSPOTTING TO KNITTING, HOBBY DATING IS HERE TO MAKE YOU MORE ATTRACTIVE ONLINE, screenshot
According to a study commissioned by Bumble, there’s a “booming trend” in “showcasing your niche interests” — from parkour to frisbee, beekeeping — when building your dating profile.
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