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b'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'