Luke Winkie

Inside the budding economy of buying and selling shoutouts on Fiverr
By Luke Winkie
"Check this man out." The Instagram Story is beamed to my phone. Sure enough, there is my handle, "@Luke_Winkie" in red-and-yellow neon, hovering in the feed of a meme page with 62,000 followers. The whole transaction took less than a minute. I sent…
On Reddit's PillowTalkAudio, Strangers Want to Whisper Sweet Nothings In Your Ear
By Luke Winkie
The top upvoted post of all time on the subreddit r/pillowtalkaudio is called "Girlfriend Cuddles You While You Sleep." The clip consists of more than nine minutes of user noremedyformemory showering you with the sort of dreamy, delirious, intimate…
In Honor of Twitter's 10th Birthday, We Salute the Men and Women Sliding Into Your DMs
By Luke Winkie
On March 21, 2016, Twitter celebrated its 10th anniversary — and with it, the 10th anniversary of people hooking up on the social media platform. While meeting people over the internet — from MySpace to Facebook to AOL Instant Messenger — has been…
Why Millennials Are Ditching Tinder to Hook Up on Reddit
By Luke Winkie
As difficult as people say it is to find love in the 21st century, it's pretty easy to get laid. You can take the traditional route and try your luck at a club or a bar. You can thirst-fave Twitter and Instagram posts. Or you can stick to the…