Infinite Scroll

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.
By Kyle Chayka
Illustration of a deflated balloon with a cursor printed on the outside.
Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New Yorker; Source photograph by Getty
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