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You don’t necessarily need to hire a TikTok therapist (they exist!), but do insist on finding someone with a demonstrated curiosity about, and openness to, clients whose lifestyles may at first seem off the IRL path. wired.trib.al/yHXdxCx

Many online behaviors, such as tweeting, are heavily concentrated among a small subset of highly active users. That can have implications for researchers studying the way people use social media. Read more on Decoded: bit.ly/30utifH

Survey data can be tricky for non-experts to follow, which is why it's essential to 'define the universe' when writing about data: pewrsr.ch/2TQnauk

Investors are buying up plots of land in cyberspace, sometimes for millions of dollars, seemingly convinced there must be gold in them thar metaverse hills. Will you? wired.trib.al/yCoVCjk

This week on Gadget Lab, Kara Swisher joins us to talk all about Twitter, Elon's machinations, Web3, and cryptocurrency. wired.trib.al/nahOTic

NEW: @pewresearch's Data Labs team examined how U.S. adults on Twitter interact with their Twitter profiles and the kinds of information they typically share on them, based on a survey of respondents who volunteered a Twitter handle for research purposes: pewrsr.ch/3yfD5sa

WhatsApp is developing a new suite of features, known as “Communities,” that will allow the app to function more like productivity software, like Slack or Microsoft Teams. wired.trib.al/RNGw5mr