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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.

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“It’s really not fair”: Jimmy Wales reveals Wikipedia’s servers are struggling thanks to AI bots pretending to be humans

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.

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Irony overload hits X as new location feature reveals many pro-Trump MAGA accounts are actually based outside of America

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“He should’ve just left it be”: Comment  asking for a “description of the video” left on Chris Appleton’s book announcement post sparks debate over purchased bot followers

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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“Y’all said the same thing 2 years ago”: Twitch CEO says company is finally taking action against viewbotters

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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‘FSB forgot to pay its bill’: Did a delinquent ChatGPT account expose a pro-Trump Russian bot campaign?

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Be an influencer on this app, where a million bots are designed to hype you up

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Who’s afraid of a Twitter bot?

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Twitter removed 10,000 bots that could have discouraged people from voting on Nov. 6

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Ice T has seen some s**t, and this Twitter bot is proof

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*record scratch* This Twitter bot explains how we got here

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

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This Twitter bot tricks angry trolls into arguing with it for hours

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Roses are red, violets are blue, this poetry meme is tried and true

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How an Internet comedy legend coded a program to make humans laugh

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Twitter bot shows you the comings and goings of Pepito the French cat

AJ Dellinger is a seasoned technology writer whose work has appeared in Digital Trends, International Business Times, and Newsweek. In 2018, he joined Gizmodo as the nights and weekend editor.

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Behold the recursive weirdness of a subreddit made entirely of bots

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