'Original content' online, part two

Meme makers' thoughts on Instagram's "original content guidelines."

May 22 • Kristin Merrilees

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April 2026

What can the user review do?

Stefan Chua (@0117stefan) on his review-based project "Local Guide (Toronto, Canada)."

Apr 17 • Kristin Merrilees

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March 2026

This website is trying 'to find and document all available numbers'

"Number Research Inc." is one of artist Lowbie's "conceptual sites."

Mar 17 • Kristin Merrilees

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February 2026

💘 Websites to love if you love love

Forget chocolate and cards. Making someone a website is the greatest act of romance.

Feb 17 • Kristin Merrilees

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Pop Base is launching an 'ambassador program' for concert-goers

+ Instagram made limited-edition "Close Friends Only" merch, and it's matchmaking season on college campuses.

Feb 13 • Kristin Merrilees

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Textile artist Lucia Gallipoli on digital ephemera, love, and 'Tumblr art'

Gallipoli gets inspiration from her camera roll, Notes app, and thrifting for textiles.

Feb 7 • Kristin Merrilees

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The lines between creator and journalist are getting even blurrier

Plus, would you go to a Facebook Museum?

Feb 1 • Kristin Merrilees

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January 2026

I like the Sandwich Alignment Game

Plus, the app Corner's Instagram “magazine.”

Jan 9 • Kristin Merrilees

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A social app for moods?

Plus, a misunderstood oceanic creature finally gets its flowers.

Jan 7 • Kristin Merrilees

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Adam Mosseri says the old Instagram feed is dead

Plus, the internet's continuing shift toward images over text.

Jan 6 • Kristin Merrilees

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Worldbuilding zines, USB lockets, and other objects

Works in browser, mixed media, and more.

Jan 3 • Kristin Merrilees

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Dispatch from the 'festival of the recently possible'

The best of creative software, hardware, projection, and sound.

Jan 2 • Kristin Merrilees

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