Erin Carson covered internet culture, online dating and the weird ways tech and science are changing your life. Expertise Erin has been a tech reporter for almost 10 years. Her reporting has taken her ...

A careful art that can lead you straight to the one if you know what you are doing. Figuring out how to slide into DMs successfully is a tricky art. It takes a combination of etiquette, circumstance, ...

Sliding into somebody's DMs is no doubt a scary task. And if you don't know them at all, or you vaguely do but haven't messaged before, then it can be even more daunting. How do you start a ...

You probably already know that DMs stand for "direct messages," so when you "slide into DMs", you want the other person to notice you and correspond with you. In my psychotherapy practice, young ...

Having a crush on a person you follow on social media is daunting. Or rather, traversing the virtual divide between your screens — AKA shooting your shot — is daunting. And, sure, we can’t all have ...

The modern world of virtual and IRL dating has gotten so complicated that it can be hard to know the best time to make a move. Whether you've been eyeing a certain cutie in the office for months or ...