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Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

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‘Home Depot has a 50% stake’: Woman fills out survey at Home Depot. Then a man shows up at her house

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

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‘It was almost like a food allergy’: Woman ignores her stomach ache. Then she learns what it really is

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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‘You pay like $6’: Woman orders on Too Good To Go app. Then she gets this box

Steve Ecker is a freelance reporter based in Austin, Texas. He has an extensive background in consumer marketing and is also an artist running Get Lost Collages.

Steve Ecker

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‘This is genius’: Expert shows little-known ordering trick for how to get 3 McDonald’s sandwiches for $3. Does it work?

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‘I need my refund’: Shopper says Amazon forced her to return 2 leaking bottles of laundry detergent

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‘I actually did not know this’: Woman reveals little-known trick to make the traffic light go by faster

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

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Fans are spellbound by this utterly unhinged, tearful ‘Wicked’ interview

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

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Ranking the celebrity lookalike contests going viral online from worst to best

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‘Make sure to take it to self-checkout’: Shopper finds $400 vanity cabinet ringing up to 1 penny at Home Depot, skirts worker intervention

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘It says you have 3 in the back’: Target worker exposes the truth behind items in ‘the back’

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

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‘If it doesn’t pass this first test automatically, I’m outta there’: Man shows how he spots lemons when inspecting used cars. Then he does it to a Mercedes

The words "Chill Guy Meme" over the a gradient background showing part of the famous meme.

Creator of the Chill Guy meme threatens takedowns after doxxing, crypto coin surge

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‘What a great hack’: Man shares trick to finding iPhone when you lose it in your own home and ‘you don’t have someone else to call it’

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Nancy Mace launches merch line for Capitol Hill bathroom fight

Ford Sanders is an Independent Journalist and content creator based in Austin, TX. He has built a platform of over 100,000 people who he consistently shares the news, daily vlogs and other content with.
Prior to doing content full time, Ford Sanders joined the KVUE News team in October of 2022 as an on-air reporter/multiskilled journalist. He is originally from Nashville, Tennessee, and is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he earned a degree in journalism and electronic media.
Before KVUE News, he was working in Louisville, Kentucky. There, he covered stories ranging from devastating floods across eastern Kentucky to the federal investigation into the Breonna Taylor case involving the indictments of four Louisville Metro Police Department officers.
Prior to his time in Louisville, Ford reported in eastern North Carolina, covering a variety of topics and breaking news across the Innerbanks and Outerbanks. He also reported for WVLT News in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a digital reporter/content producer while in college. He parted ways with the company when he was offered an internship with CBS News in New York City and CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.
Prior to his time at WVLT News, Ford lived in Prague, Czech Republic, for the summer of 2019 and worked as an international fellow with Transitions Online News and Reuters. Ford is excited to be in Central Texas and is happy to know it&#8217;s an easy flight away from his hometown in Tennessee.

Ford Sanders

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