Texts From Last Night (TFLN) is a no-longer-maintained blog that used to re-post short text messages submitted by its users, originally formed as a sorority email chain by creator Lauren Leto.[1][2] The site tends to post texts that are shocking or scandalous.[3]
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Type of site | Blog (user-generated) |
|---|---|
| Revenue | Advertising |
| URL | Texts From Last Night |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | February 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
The texts are sent in by people who wake in the morning "to find regrettable messages sent to or from their mobile phones".[4][5] The receiver then sends the allegedly discovered text into this website.[3] The copies of the messages do not show the phone numbers, but only area codes.[6] Since the texts are often similar to late night drunk dials, they're often graphic and sexual in nature,[7] thus not safe for work.[3][8]
From a sociological perspective, the website is a "living document of twentysomething life in 2009". While TFLN has many "blackout drinking, sex, and vomit stories", there is also an extended discussion taking place about morality. The texts show how humans "interact with drugs and alcohol". "We see the cause and effect of last night’s party, and we can see a real-time weighing of these actions." However, there is concern that peoples' actions and texts will be affected by the existence of the website and its popularity.[9]
Book
editSix months after the website went up, the blog's creators – Leto Ben Bator – signed a deal with Gotham Books (part of Penguin Group) to publish a trade paperback of existing content from the blog, which was released as Texts from Last Night: All the Texts No One Remembers Sending in 2010.[10][11]
TV series
editDeadline Hollywood reported, in October 2011, that a new comedy television series based on the blog was in development at Fox, with Ugly Betty developer Silvio Horta at the helm.[12] This was the third attempt at developing a comedy based on the website; along with FOX, Happy Madison and Sony TV attempted to develop the comedy in 2009 (with a script from Steve Holland), and in 2010 (Marc Abrams and Michael Benson).[13] However, none of the scripts ever produced pilots that made it to air.
Mobile apps
editTexts From Last Night also has mobile applications for Android, BlackBerry[14][15] and iPhone to browse and submit text messages.[16][17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Terrence O'Brien. Switched: "TextsFromLastNight.com Collects wasted Text Messages" Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine. Apr 29, 2009.
- ^ "The fabulous New York life of Lauren Leto". Politico PRO. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b c WHAS11: "Website makes millions laugh with our private texts" Archived 2009-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. July 19, 2009.
- ^ Tim Walker. The Evening Herald: "The best way to land a book deal -- start a silly blog". July 29, 2009.
- ^ UrbanDaddy: "Last Night's Party Lines: Textsfromlastnight.com: Just What It Sounds Like". April 29, 2009.
- ^ Text From Last Night "Texts from last night: About TextsFromLastNight". Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ Caleb Bacon. LAist: "Umm... About Your Texts From Last Night..." Archived 2009-05-07 at the Wayback Machine. May 1, 2009.
- ^ WBAL: AM 1090: "WARNING: Texts From Last Night"[permanent dead link]. April 28, 2009.
- ^ David Mekelburg. Splice Today: "Overnight Sociology: Texts From Last Night offers a better glimpse of life-as-lived than any other social networking site". June 3, 2009.
- ^ Leon Neyfakh. The New York Observer: "Book Based on 'Texts From Last Night' Blog Sold to Gotham". June 26, 2009.
- ^ Sirucek, Stefan; ContributorWriter (2010-12-23). "The Book of Bad Decisions: Texts From Last Night". HuffPost. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ Andreeva, N. Silvio Horta To Develop Comedy Series For Fox Based on Texts From Last Night Blog Deadline Hollywood (October 3, 2011).
- ^ "How Is Texts From Last Night Going To Be A TV Show?". Stereogum. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Texts From Last Night BlackBerry Application "Texts from last night: BlackBerry Application". Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ Texts From Last Night iPhone Application https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324906070&mt=8
- ^ Geek Sugar: "Texts From Last Night Gets a Free BlackBerry App" Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. July 24, 2009.
- ^ Mobile Marketer: "TextsFromLastNight gets back to basics with mobile app". August 14, 2009.
External links
edit- Texts From Last Night, official website