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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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Culture

MrBeast is coming out with even more snacks—this time he’s teaming up with Jack Link’s for high-protein beef jerky collab

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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Memes

100 men vs. one gorilla: The internet’s dumbest fight just became its best meme

Rebecca Redeker was The Daily Dot’s Fall 2024 FOIA Intern. She is a Journalism student, pursuing a minor in General Business at the University of Maryland. Rebecca has been published in The Greenbelt News Review, worked with The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and produced commercials in a team for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Rebecca Redeker

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EXCLUSIVE: Public records reveal MrBeast’s deep ties to hometown, where cops, officials jump on every ask

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

Mikael Thalen

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MrBeast ‘Feastables’ is now candy for the ‘globalist’ elite after YouTuber complains about tariffs

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

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Ashton Hall’s morning routine sequel is here—and the internet is already picking it apart

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‘I’ll take him over Musk’: MrBeast’s surprise offer to buy TikTok has everyone in the bargaining stage of grief

Roy Stephen is a N.Y.-based freelance journalist covering the gig economy. His work was previously featured on Inc. Magazine, the US Sun, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Roy Canivel

MrBeast says billionaires are in his DMs looking to finance TikTok purchase

Rebecca Leib

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

Caiwei Chen is a reporter who covers tech, the internet, and society. Her work has been seen in publications including Wired, Rolling Stone, Protocol, Rest of World, and more. She is more online than she would like to admit.

Caiwei Chen

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Mods fire back after MrBeast picks fight with YouTubeDrama subreddit

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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‘I Like My Cheese Drippy, Bruh’—Logan Paul’s Lunchly catchphrase takes off on TikTok

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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YouTuber who exposed mold in Lunchly drops alleged leaked MrBeast work chats

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‘I’m not eating this’: Early reviews of MrBeast, Logan Paul’s Lunchly find serious problem: Moldy cheese

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Hackers deface digital billboards with fake MrBeast ‘Death to Israel’ ads

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