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Texts From Last Night

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Type of site
  
Blog (user-generated)

Website
  
Texts From Last Night

Commercial
  
Yes

Founders
  
Lauren Leto, Ben Bator

Revenue
  
Advertising

Alexa rank
  
47,520 (April 2014)

Founded
  
2009

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Slogan(s)
  
Remember that text you shouldn't have sent last night? We do.

Profiles

Texts from last night


Texts From Last Night (TFLN) is a regularly updated blog that re-posts short text messages submitted by its users. The site tends to post texts that are shocking or scandalous.

Contents

The texts are sent in by people who wake in the morning "to find regrettable messages sent to or from their mobile phones". The receiver then sends the allegedly discovered text into this website. The copies of the messages do not show the phone numbers, but only area codes. Since the texts are often similar to late night drunk dials, they're often graphic and sexual in nature, thus not safe for work.

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.

The best texts from last night


Book

Six months after the website went up, the two creators of TFLN signed a deal to pen a book, wherein they will use the most entertaining texts. The book will be published by Gotham Books, which is part of the Penguin Group. Erin Malone, from William Morris Endeavor also helped other blogs translate into books, including Stuff White People Like, The Book of Awesome, and Soul Pancake.

Since the content is already written, the book, which has been described as "bathroom reading", is expected to be published as a trade paperback by the beginning of 2010.

TV series

Deadline.com reported in October 2011 that a new comedy television series based on the blog is in development at Fox, with Ugly Betty developer Silvio Horta at the helm.

Mobile Apps

Texts From Last Night also has mobile applications for Android, BlackBerry and iPhone to browse and submit text messages.

References

Texts From Last Night Wikipedia