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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

kylie Swanson posing with 3 different outfits

Culture

Internet sleuths are accusing a ‘Connecticut Housewife’ influencer of misleading fans with staged luxury content

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

The second bridesmaid must run. TikTok has accepted the mission.

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

2 panel image of a person explaining in their car. Text over: Lines absent boomer grandparents say

Millennials are calling out ‘barely there’ Boomer grandparents—and it’s striking a nerve

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

3 panel image: in the middle a scend from a recent KFC commercial and on the sides people explain. A social post is over the whole image.

KFC’s new chicken ad is so weird, it’s sparked a wild cannibalism conspiracy

Rebecca Leib

Screenshot of Tiktok user @alyssaaazander and her partner; Screenshot from Tiktok user @alyssaaazander of her baking cookies with her partner with the caption: "I didn't realize how much this was actually alienating him"

After a breakup, this couple reunited stronger—they say this one change made all the difference

2 panel image showing a fake receipt and the chatgpt logo with a post over it.

‘The era of fraud is here’: ChatGPT is now great at faking receipts

3 panel image: on the sides are Teslas leaving garages and in the middle is Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift becomes the anthem for Tesla trade-ins in growing #ByeTesla trend

2 panel image showing Jonathan Majors on the left and Keke Palmer on the right. Tweet over says: ...my sister lost me. it really is one of them days now

Keke Palmer under fire for hosting Jonathan Majors on podcast about ‘accountability’

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

2 panel image: Dr. Evil on the left and cats on the right.

A single tweet unleashed the ‘nichest’ facts on the internet—here are 25 of the best

Screenshot from X user @GAFollowers of a McDonald's with a man's mugshot overlay. Caption: Tweet from @anymanfitness that reads: "So a man has a 5th grade daughter, takes her to a public place, and asks her to look after her siblings for 15 minutes so he can interview for a job?"

‘Damned if you do, damned if you don’t’: Internet rallies around man arrested for leaving 3 kids at McDonald’s to go to a job interview

Aimee Lou Wood hopes fans don’t file down their teeth to look like hers amid growing TikTok trend

3 panel image of people with yarn makeup applied.

‘Not to be dramatic but I’m traumatized’: The yarn makeup trend is pure nightmare fuel

Screenshot of the Hunger Games x Shein fashion collaboration; Tweet from X user @silverrebi: "oh that's..... the hunger games collaborating with a fast fashion sweatshop labor company......"

‘Goes against everything in the books’: Hunger Games x SHEIN collab draws instant backlash

2 panel image showing a ridiculously cute doggie.

‘I love Lufy more than my husband’: Why thousands are crying over this wheelchair-bound Bichon Frise rescue

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Screenshots of Tiktok users @rich.g4rbage, @iron_and_ash_, and @poppylaur performing medieval-themed Tiktoks.