For today's youth, neo-tribalism is the new clique. Leaving blind conformity behind, these fast-moving, flexible cultures are a cocktail of affiliations and references, always shifting and reforming. But if everyone can be whoever they like, how do you know who’s in or out?

Are the parameters and polemics at play in constructing a youth subculture the same as they were 60 years ago? Ruby Pseudo investigates, touching on drugs, dubstep and disenchantment among UK youth.

Suicide Squad has been a subject of online buzz for months. But in spite of the hype, it was panned by critics, earning an approval rating of just 36% on Rotten Tomatoes. Now, fans are lashing back; a petition to shut down the popular review site has amassed more than 17,000 signatures in just a day.

As professional critics lament their ebbing influence on consumers who increasingly rely on the opinions of online peers, the question is being raised of whether top-down reviewers matter anymore. Are crowdsourced reviews – a sort of ‘online word of mouth’ – the only currency that counts?