Why’d you like that celebrity photo on Instagram? Why’d you leave that restaurant review on Yelp? Why’d you text in lowercase, or turn on read receipts, or share your location? The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany ask the hard, weird, and occasionally dumb questions about how your tiny tech decisions impact your social life.
https://www.theverge.com/whyd-you-push-that-button
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episode 4: Does deleting Instagram make you happier?
Kaitlyn deactivates her Instagram account to try and feel happier. Does it actually work?
episode 3: Why are you anonymous online?
Ashley and Kaitlyn talk to users who feel the need to keep their personal life out of their Instagram accounts.
episode 2: Why do you promote your tweets?
Promoting a tweet has been a tool for brands, influencers, and entrepreneurs to spread their message, but why do regular users promote their tweets?
episode 1: Why do iPhone users judge people with green text bubbles?
Ashley and Kaitlyn talk to experts and users about how Apple's design and color choice in iMessage can cause rifts in relationships.
episode 1: We’re back this week!
A new season of Why’d You Push That Button? is coming May 15th! Ashley Carman of The Verge and Kaitlyn Tiffany of The Goods by Vox will explore more of the tiny decisions that technology forces us to make, like why iPhone users judge people with green bubbles in iMessage; why people use anonymous online accounts; and why anyone would promote a tweet. Also, in a special three-part series, Ashley and Kaitlyn will explore the choices we have to make when it comes to death and the internet...
episode 12: Should we be kind to our smart assistants?
Kaitly and Ashley chat about what it means to have smart speakers in our homes and as part of our families. Do we need to be kind to them?
Introducing Better Worlds
The Verge's new series of short fiction, audio, and animation that explores how technology can shape our society and environment in better, more equitable ways.
episode 12: Why do you use an exclusive dating app?
Ashley and Kaitlyn discuss dating apps that require users to apply, and why they were created.
episode 11: Why do you ask questions anonymously?
Kaitlyn and Ashley discuss anonymous question-and-answer apps — why do people use them, both to ask and receive questions?
episode 10: Why do you post on fake holidays?
Kaitlyn and Ashley discuss hashtag holidays, who invents them, and why people use them.