Kyle Chayka Chayka writes about technology and internet culture.

Social networks provide limitless opportunities to connect with others who have cultural, political, religious, and other interests similar to your own. The Internet provides tools for cultivating ...

rewards-based tasks in complex environments like a social media network with relatively little oversight by human programmers. "We designed our research to be simple and to have as much impact as ...

The internet is always open. What if it were closed sometimes? That's the central question of Seven39, an experimental social network that's only open for three hours a day, starting at 7:39pm ...

is the use of social media—the platforms on which users build social networks and share information—to build a company's brand, increase sales, and drive website traffic. In addition to ...