Dan Whateley
@danwhateley.bsky.social
reporter at business insider covering TikTok + social media
I wrote about what goes into making a MrBeast YouTube video, from his ideation team, to the work of on-set producers, and editors who have to turn hundreds of hours of footage into a 20-minute post. And be careful to avoid content that is "cringe" www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-how-...
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I wrote about what goes into making a MrBeast YouTube video, from his ideation team, to the work of on-set producers, and editors who have to turn hundreds of hours of footage into a 20-minute post. And be careful to avoid content that is "cringe" www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-how-...
Did NY Times actually interview someone about Canada's tariff response whose last name is Canada?
April 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Did NY Times actually interview someone about Canada's tariff response whose last name is Canada?
March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Egg aisle looking a little bleak
March 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Egg aisle looking a little bleak
there should be a contest for best egg pun in a headline
February 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
there should be a contest for best egg pun in a headline
brands are resorting to killing off their mascots to get attention in this blaringly noisy moment on the internet
February 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
brands are resorting to killing off their mascots to get attention in this blaringly noisy moment on the internet
hm doesn't feel good to have your creative work taken without your permission in order to train an AI model
January 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
hm doesn't feel good to have your creative work taken without your permission in order to train an AI model
politics has forced its way into every reporter's beat this year www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
January 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
politics has forced its way into every reporter's beat this year www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
Gonna remember that TikTok tried to sell me some kind of bottom-dweller aquarium product in the last hours before it ‘went dark’
January 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Gonna remember that TikTok tried to sell me some kind of bottom-dweller aquarium product in the last hours before it ‘went dark’
what is happening
January 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
what is happening
LinkedIn seems to use AI to generate 'job seeker' insights about companies. This one for Ticketmaster is so funny from an anti-trust scrutiny perspective
December 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
LinkedIn seems to use AI to generate 'job seeker' insights about companies. This one for Ticketmaster is so funny from an anti-trust scrutiny perspective
Someone made a fake Enron account on TikTok
December 11, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Someone made a fake Enron account on TikTok
How do you choose the right Santa on Cameo when there are 55?
December 4, 2024 at 2:43 PM
How do you choose the right Santa on Cameo when there are 55?
One person figured out how to change the name of their wifi network
December 2, 2024 at 9:58 PM
One person figured out how to change the name of their wifi network
This technique for trying to catch fake luxury handbags is interesting. TikTok is working with the startup Entrupy to do counterfeit screening as it tries to make second-hand luxury items and collectibles sell on its e-commerce platform www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-partn...
October 18, 2023 at 4:05 PM
This technique for trying to catch fake luxury handbags is interesting. TikTok is working with the startup Entrupy to do counterfeit screening as it tries to make second-hand luxury items and collectibles sell on its e-commerce platform www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-partn...
This really gets at the heart of what is unsettling about AI (from @garbageday.email)
www.garbageday.email/p/the-machin...
www.garbageday.email/p/the-machin...
September 27, 2023 at 8:33 PM
This really gets at the heart of what is unsettling about AI (from @garbageday.email)
www.garbageday.email/p/the-machin...
www.garbageday.email/p/the-machin...
received 2 emails from someone who identifies simply as 'Evil'
July 18, 2023 at 5:45 PM
received 2 emails from someone who identifies simply as 'Evil'
twitter, threads, bluesky, mastodon
July 12, 2023 at 6:39 PM
twitter, threads, bluesky, mastodon