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The DIY issue
The crafts and movements people are making for themselves in 2021
Creators
YouTube, Instagram, SoundCloud, and other online platforms are changing the way people create and consume media. The Verge's Creators section covers the people using these platforms, what they're making, and how those platforms are changing (for better and worse) in response to the vloggers, influencers, podcasters, photographers, musicians, educators, designers, and more who are using them. The Verge’s Creators section also looks at the way creators are able to turn their projects into careers — from Patreons and merch sales, to ads and Kickstarters — and the ways they’re forced to adapt to changing circumstances as platforms crack down on bad actors and respond to pressure from users and advertisers. New platforms are constantly emerging, and existing ones are ever-changing — what creators have to do to succeed is always going to look different from one year to the next.
Text Adventures: how Twine remade gaming
It started as a blogging platform. Then it became the counterculture to the mainstream behemoth of gaming.
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How scientists scrambled to stop Donald Trump’s EPA from wiping out climate data
Their work isn’t done yet
Mischief managed
How MSCHF managed to dominate the internet — with fun!
Houses are influencers now, and this one burned to the ground
The Instagram restoration community rallies around a tragedy
In the hot seat
Behind Hot Ones’ ambitions to be the future of late-night TV
This backpack has it all: Kevlar, batteries, and a federal investigation
The man behind an alleged crowdfunding scam wants you to know he isn’t a scammer
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The Twitch streamer behind Tfue’s custom $3,500 mechanical keyboard
Inside the burgeoning world of custom keyboard making
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The Creators Issue
The people who make our favorite things and the platforms that enable (and exploit) them
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Maangchi, the internet’s Korean mom
YouTube’s most beloved home cook on online gaming, immigrant timewarp, and her new book