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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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Woman’s date flirts with waitress right in front of her in viral TikTok

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

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Tinder Live host Lane Moore dives back into the messy world of post-pandemic dating apps

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

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TikToker dresses up as goth witch to spite Tinder date

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Tinder match tells woman not to show up to date looking like a ‘goth witch’—so she does just that (updated)

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

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40% of sugar babies on SeekingArrangement use money for tuition, report says

A former New York Teaching Fellow, her writing has been featured in Reductress, Rolling Stone, Mic, Someecards, and more.

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‘Love is Quarantine’ Instagram account brings Netflix experiment to the even smaller screen

Allyson Waller is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has written for other publications such as the New York Times and the Miami Herald. Outside of the journalism world, some of her joys include delving into book recommendations from TikTok, listening to pop culture podcasts, and playing with her dog, Theo.

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Parody website imagines a world where ‘Amazon Dating’ exists (updated)

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Tiffany Kelly was the culture editor at Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at Ars Technica and Wired. Her writing has appeared in several other print and online publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and GQ.

Tiffany Kelly

Everything you need to know about Facebook Dating

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Swipe This! Should I delete pictures of my ex from Facebook and Instagram?

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Swipe This! My boyfriend says my Instagram pics are too ‘revealing’

Ignacio Martinez is a reporter specializing in online gaming and political communities. His work has previously appeared in the Texas Observer and on the airwaves at KVRX 91.7 FM. He is based in Austin, Texas, and you can follow him on Twitter at @NacioMartinez.

Ignacio Martinez

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Trump gets banned from SeekingArrangement because he’s not a ‘real sugar daddy’

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Swipe This! Why did my ex delete photos of me from her Instagram?

Jessica Machado is the former IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.

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