Every generation gets the moral panic it deserves. The 1980s had satanic cults and teen pregnancy, 1990s had designer drugs, the aughts had rainbow parties and Paris Hilton. Looks like the 2010s have cemented theirs: Sexting.

In Psychology Today, psychotherapist Melissa Ritter, Ph.D., writes about about Grindr, a gay hook-up app that is certainly ripe for analysis. But Dr. Ritter clearly hasn't used the service for what it's intended: various forms of penis play.

The droning chorus of warnings about how prospective employers check your Facebook page so don't put up any pictures of you taking shots or holding up a convenience store and would you please unlike MaggieMoo's, it's embarrassing has grown particularly loud over the past few days.

On the internet it's not just hard to be alone: It's depressing as hell. Design Observer points us to Screenshots of Despair, a Tumblr that collects sad moments from social networking that remind users of their fundamental isolation: "No one currently likes this." "You have no favorites." "You are invisible."

Pinterest—the social network for prudes and women who knit—got its first political satire account yesterday. Within 24 hours, Mitt Romney's president campaign torpedoed it.

The NYT has an interesting piece on Topix, an online news aggregator and bulletin board that has been kicking around for a decade, but never really caught on in urban centers. But in rural, small town America — where casting aspersions is a way of life — it's flourishing as the hot place to post shit about your…

Taunting police on Facebook when they're out searching for you is, admittedly, pretty funny. But if you're going to do it, it's important that you not get caught. Otherwise you end up like recently-apprehended fugitive Victor Burgos: In jail, and looking really dumb.

Remember the government's color-coded terror alert system? Sure you do. It was fun, festive, and went with everything. Well, it's history. Back in January, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to phase out the system. So what will replace it? As of April 27, terror alerts will come in just two forms…

For the longest time, the ultrarich had such limited social media choices, with Harvey Weinstein's lame "Myspace for Millionaires," ASmallWorld, being the most prominent option. Now, a veritable garden of exclusive social networks for the wealthy has bloomed, like the spring flowers at your Tuscan villa.

Have you heard about this "Color" phone app? It's the hot new location-based photo-sharing social network thing that everyone's talking about but nobody really understands. Well, I've figured it out: It's the best way to stalk strangers who are richer, better-looking, and having more fun than you in real-time.

Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor is, along with her Democratic colleagues, on the lam, having fled the state to stop Governor Scott Walker's union-busting idiot bill (introduced to fix a budget crisis he himself created) from coming to a vote. You may have known about the senatorial exodus because you read about it…

Scientists and writers love to compare brains to whatever the cool new technology is. Your brain is a steam engine! Your brain is a telephone! A calculator! A computer! And now, in 2011? Your brain is like Facebook, of course.

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had the brilliant idea to declare November 17th National Unfriend Day, when Facebook users should cull the unnecessary from the ranks of their friends. Here are the first people you should cut.

Scientific research has proved that "hyper-texting" teens—those who send 120 or more texts per day—are derelict, horny druggies. Well, at least compared to teens who text less, they are. Hyper-texters also like to fight and binge drink.

Are you running the NYC Marathon this weekend? Don't tweet or update your Facebook status because a distracted runner is dangerous for everyone. What if you learn some bad news, mid-run? Also, who the hell tweets during a marathon? [NYDN]

Vietnam's ruling communist party isn't too psyched about the idea of its citizens using Facebook and other social networking sites. So they've made their own: It's called go.vn, and you need your government-issued I.D. number to sign up.

Repent! Flee! Social accessory Twitter has been besieged by a virus that sends you to porn and makes your Twitter Tweet automatically, simply by mousing-over a link, no clicking needed! A former British Prime Minister's wife is a prominent casualty.

As AIDS death and syphilis blindness aren't incentive enough for sexually active youngs to get STD tests, MTV and stalker enabler Foursquare have teamed up to create a GYT (Get Yourself Tested) badge for anyone who "checks-in" at the clinic.

Last night, the users of 4Chan.org's notorious /b/ message board declared war on the lead singer of an obscure electro-pop band. More than 12 hours later, they're still waging it. This is how the Internet's worst trolls work.