User Mag

User Mag

Home
Notes
My book
Power User podcast
Archive
About
The Brain Rot cinematic universe: John Pork vs Bombardiro Crocodilo
+ Caveman skincare, billionaire group chats, snoafers, AI wigs, Chat GPT's new personality, the Nara Smith of programming, Summer House Partifuls, & how…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
3
Inside the Democrats’ Struggle to Win Over Creators
"What we need is for people to invest in independent media, and that doesn't necessarily mean investing in a consulting group that is going to become a…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
7
YouTube's Gender Gap
+ Hot girls for Zohran, recession finfluencers, Roblox school shootings, ChatGPT tarot readings, Soros nepo baby, Pete Buttigieg gets Flagrant…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
5
Fake newspapers are flooding America
+ #RichTok's queen, CECOT influencers, wearable nanobots, robot bees, turning brainwaves into speech, subtitling your life, and a second Hegseth group…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
A free speech activist on child influencer laws
+ Shein village, Jesus Swiftie fancams, a monastery for hackers, TikTok footnotes, Seatopians, the Ice Bucket Challenge returns, Coachella billboards…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz DESTROYS Sean Hannity over healthcare
They finally let me go on Fox News 🙃
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
11
10:58
The entire world is phoneifying
+ A vegan lover AI cult, Musk's ‘harem drama’, 4chan hack, money dysmorphia, Content Cop returns, and what happened to the @KamalaHQ TikTok account
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
14
New law 'protecting child influencers' is bad and dangerous
Top free speech and legal experts say Utah's child influencer law is deeply flawed, counterproductive, and could be used to censor journalism.
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
13
New techno-authoritarian nightmare just dropped
+ Clout bnb, mini-retirements, ‘Rocky Horror’ for TikTok kids, Canva coding, IRL picture in picture, ICE thoughtcrimes, the state of media in <25…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
5
The global influencer era is upon us
+ 'TheoBros', time-stamp trauma, TV TikTok-ification, nepo Bravolebrities, the first Kenbassador, dumb homes, influencers meet w/ Netanyahu, and ICE's…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
3
The hottest show on TikTok right now
A new kids content house, atomic slang, soft eugenics, poverty livestreams, Altman and Ive screenless dreams, aspirational shitposting, and a Gen Z…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
5
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid, and the fastest…
 • 
Taylor Lorenz
User Mag
User Mag
A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring exclusive reporting, interviews, and insights about the online world.
Recommendations
View all 13
The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
Tim Mak
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Lindsey Adler
PHONE TIME
PHONE TIME
Kristin Merrilees
History Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene
History Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene
Kahlil Greene
After School by Casey Lewis
After School by Casey Lewis
Casey Lewis
© 2025 User Media, LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture