Back to Reality for the College Kid Behind 'Sochi Problems'

Alexander Broad once controlled the hottest thing online. Six weeks ago, the Twitter account he started, called @SochiProblems, aggregated the seemingly endless stream of photos showing shoddy infrastructure in the the 2014 Olympics' host city despite the games' enormous $51 billion budget

With each new photo upload — dysfunctional toilets, putrid-looking tap water, hotel rooms still being built as guests moved in — @SochiProblems drew new followers like a magnet. Before long, Broad's creation had a larger audience than @Sochi2014, the game's official Twitter account. Interview requests poured in from outlets all around the world, as did vague work offers for the 20-year-old Canadian journalism major Read more...