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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

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Culture

Chinese people are asking American ‘TikTok refugees’ for homework help on RedNote

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

Woman ‘legit hung up mid convo and blocked’ first date after he immediately said he loves her, starts a debate about love bombing

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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‘Nosferatu’ fans are crashing out over teens ‘laughing at poignant scenes’

2 panel image showing scenes from the 2025 Golden Globes awards via TikTok.

Demi Moore’s daughter responds to accusations the actress snubbed Kylie Jenner at the Golden Globes

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl with Sinister Background

Declaration that ‘Uptown Girl’ brought ‘sinister vibes’ to the Uber ride has everyone worried about Gen Z

Jack Schlossberg faces backlash after  trolling the media by claiming he’s Justin Baldoni’s new lawyer

‘What the actual what?’: Fable app’s AI uses ‘very bigoted, racist language’ telling user to read more white authors

Rebecca Leib

The Vexbolts mass unfollowing event (and its failure), explained

Tweet over crawling babies "this gotta be the most unfortunate name for a generation ever- starting january 1, all children born between 2025 and 2039 will be part of the demographic group 'generation beta'"

‘Brutal, cursed from birth’: Gen Beta gets roasted on day one of existence

‘Club Chalamanifesto’—@ClubChalamet creator Simone claps back at critics in iconic year-end post

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‘This breaks my heart’: Costco will stop selling books year-round in 2025 and BookTok is furious

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

best TikTok aesthetics in 2024: 3 panel image showing different scenes from TikTok posts this year.

10 eye-catching aesthetics that took over TikTok in 2024

‘Funeral director here’: Experts fact-check dude who said women will die alone with their cats

Three split of Britney Spears and her son

‘Best Christmas of my life !!!’: Fans are accusing Britney Spears’ son of reuniting with her for financial motives

2 panel image: on the left we see a bust of Homer the author of The Odyssey, and on the right a screenshot of a tweet about knowing what the Odyssey is.