blogs really are dead

RIP the awl and the hairpin. where do we go now? instagram? oh man i’m pretty sad. from jia tolentino’s “The End of the Awl and the Vanishing of Freedom and Fun from the Internet”:

That same month, Balk wrote a post called “My Advice to Young People,” which included Balk’s Law (“Everything you hate about the Internet is actually everything you hate about people”), Balk’s Second Law (“The worst thing is knowing what everyone thinks about everything”), and Balk’s Third Law (“If you think the Internet is terrible now, just wait a while”).