In the TikTok era, people were filming rather than dancing. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” one reveler said. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Social Media”
Jack Schlossberg, Social Media Provocateur, Gives Politics a Try
By Gotham Rex on November 11, 2025
As he prepares a Congressional run, J.F.K.’s grandson admits, “I’m not for everybody.” Source: New York Times
Live From New York: Zohran Mamdani’s Got Jokes
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2025
New York City’s next mayor showed during the campaign that he has a sharp sense of humor. Keeping things light at City Hall could be trickier. Source: New York Times
Vance Criticizes Mamdani’s Comments About Islamophobia After 9/11
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2025
Zohran Mamdani said the vice president’s attack on social media was one in a series of “cheap jokes about Islamophobia.” Source: New York Times
Stephanie Johnson, Burlesque Dancer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2025
Her memories of her days as Tanqueray in the gritty New York of the 1960s and ’70s found a new audience in recent years and made her a social media star. Source: New York Times
Police Arrest 3 in Vandalism of New York Times Building
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2025
One person was charged with a hate crime in connection with a social media post that referred to The Times’s executive editor, Joseph Kahn. Source: New York Times
Inside a High-Stakes Fight to Limit Social Media’s Hold on Children
By Gotham Rex on March 29, 2024
A push by leading Democrats to restrict how social media companies use algorithms to serve content to children has been met by a high-stakes lobbying effort. Source: New York Times
Who Said ‘The Rats Don’t Run This City. We Do?’ She Did.
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2022
Jessica Tisch is determined to clean up New York. Source: New York Times
The Instagram Version of Missed Connections Is Here
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2022
New Yorkers are reinventing the popular Craigslist service that, in its heyday, was known for reuniting people from chance encounters. Source: New York Times
Teacher at Center of Hijab Uproar Sues Olympic Medalist for Defamation
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2022
After a New Jersey second-grader told her mother that her teacher had tried to pull off her hijab, the story went viral on social media. Source: New York Times
How Jomboy Media Rose to Power on ‘Good Vibes Only’
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2022
Jimmy O’Brien’s videos breaking down major events turned Jomboy Media into a big business, but O’Brien still sees himself as a fan. “I don’t plan on changing.” Source: New York Times
Can a Neighborhood Be Instagrammed to Death?
By Gotham Rex on August 5, 2022
The return of tourism to New York has brought crowds back to one of the most popular selfie spots on earth. People who live there aren’t feeling #grateful. Source: New York Times
How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on August 1, 2022
They were once Democrats and Republicans. But fears for their children in the pandemic transformed their thinking, turning them into single-issue voters for November’s midterms. Source: New York Times
Saudi Man Bullied Dissidents via Instagram and Lied to F.B.I., U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on June 28, 2022
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said in a complaint unsealed Tuesday that Ibrahim Alhussayen, 42, had sent threats on Instagram to Saudi citizens living in the United States and Canada. Source: New York Times
Need to Find a Bathroom in New York City? Try TikTok.
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2022
Frustrated by the feat of locating a free restroom in New York City, residents and visitors are compiling and sharing tips. Source: New York Times