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Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.

Fernando Alfonso III

4chan schemes to get rapper Lil B to the Grammys

Daily Dot Contributor

Entertainment

Reddit screenwriter cut out of his own movie

Gary Busey is now the world’s leading expert on Hobbits

Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.

Chase Hoffberger

YouTube’s oldest cat video, courtesy of Thomas Edison

Fidel Martinez is a web culture and politics reporter. His work for the Daily Dot focused on Reddit and YouTube.

Entertainment

4chan schemes to get rapper Lil B to the Grammys

Reddit screenwriter cut out of his own movie

Gary Busey is now the world’s leading expert on Hobbits

YouTube’s oldest cat video, courtesy of Thomas Edison

Twitter parody reduces BuzzFeed to its essence

49 Nicolas Cage GIFs to celebrate Nicolas Cage’s 49th birthday

Forget QWOP: 4chan discovers the most frustrating kids’ game ever

I bought myself 60,000 YouTube views for Christmas

I saw the sign: Redditors collect pictures of funny signs

The 10 most popular Reddit posts of 2012

Anderson Cooper rings in 2013 with a sassy Twitter slamdown

A trip back in time with Reddit’s vintage gaming fanatics

From Homestuck to Hollywood, actor Dante Basco breaks the mold

The complete guide to Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us

“Gangnam Style” wins the race to 1 billion YouTube views