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Adrian Chen is a freelance journalist who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Wired. His latest article is "Unfollow," about a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church.\n\n\u201cTwitter and social media get such a bad rep for being full of hate and trolls. And, you know, a lot of the stories I\u2019ve written have probably bolstered that stereotype. I think a lot of people have a lot of anxiety and ambivalence about social media even though they love it\u2014they\u2019re on it all the time\u2014and they\u2019re kind of thinking of it as a vice, as something they should be ashamed of, as bad. But this is a very clear win. It's not some abstract thing you could never measure. No, it\u2019s like, [social media] really did cause her to leave the church.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Casper, Squarespace, Mack Weldon, and Howl.fm for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@AdrianChen\nLongform Podcast #13: Adrian Chen\nChen on Longform\n[5:00] "Unfollow" (The New Yorker \u2022 Nov 2015)\n[24:00] "The Agency" (The New York Times Magazine \u2022 June 2015)\n[37:00] "Don't Be a Stranger" (The New Inquiry \u2022 Feb 2013)\n[37:00] "The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics And Beheadings Out Of Your Facebook Feed" (Wired \u2022 Oct 2014)\n[42:00] "The Troll Hunters" (MIT Technology Review\u2022 Dec 2014)\n[48:00] Vote for your favorite articles of the year in Longform's Best of 2015 Readers' Poll\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices