Tatum Hunter

I am Tatum Hunter, and I am an internet culture reporter at The Washington Post.

I am Tatum Hunter, and I am an internet culture reporter at The Washington Post.

I am Tatum Hunter, and I am an internet culture reporter at The Washington Post.

Well, I think that our lives play out increasingly online. Today, when you say something like internet culture, that's just culture a lot of the time, right? You talk about texting etiquette. Like, yeah, that's just how we communicate. So I'm super into etiquette because I report on how the internet trickles down into our lives and changes our relationships.

Well, I think that our lives play out increasingly online. Today, when you say something like internet culture, that's just culture a lot of the time, right? You talk about texting etiquette. Like, yeah, that's just how we communicate. So I'm super into etiquette because I report on how the internet trickles down into our lives and changes our relationships.

Well, I think that our lives play out increasingly online. Today, when you say something like internet culture, that's just culture a lot of the time, right? You talk about texting etiquette. Like, yeah, that's just how we communicate. So I'm super into etiquette because I report on how the internet trickles down into our lives and changes our relationships.

And this is contentious for people, how to behave in a group chat on a text thread.

And this is contentious for people, how to behave in a group chat on a text thread.

And this is contentious for people, how to behave in a group chat on a text thread.

Let's start with the don'ts because I think that's spicier for people.

Let's start with the don'ts because I think that's spicier for people.

Let's start with the don'ts because I think that's spicier for people.

I absolutely have a list. Okay, maybe like three big don'ts.

I absolutely have a list. Okay, maybe like three big don'ts.

I absolutely have a list. Okay, maybe like three big don'ts.

One don't is don't use group texts for something that they weren't created for.

One don't is don't use group texts for something that they weren't created for.

One don't is don't use group texts for something that they weren't created for.

What? Why am I in this group chat? If everybody has that group text from a bachelorette party in, like, 2018 that people will still pop into to, like, share photos of their kids or ask questions about, you know, those have to die once you're done with the reason that you created them. So if you have a group chat with your parents because you're related, that...

What? Why am I in this group chat? If everybody has that group text from a bachelorette party in, like, 2018 that people will still pop into to, like, share photos of their kids or ask questions about, you know, those have to die once you're done with the reason that you created them. So if you have a group chat with your parents because you're related, that...