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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.

Jay Hathaway

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Robbie Rotten’s ‘We Are Number One’ was just named ‘Meme of the Year’

Daily Dot Contributor

‘Deconstruction comics’ and the future of memes

Teacher accidentally murders magical elf, ruins Christmas for 20 first-graders

The stupid truth about Pizzagate

Local Brisbane hero gives the most Aussie interview ever

Reddit explodes after Trump posts pregame debate message

Trump posts message of support to Reddit, prompting massive online vote-rigging

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner

The best YouTube videos are 30 seconds or shorter—and here’s the proof

Culture

Students share what it’s like to return to school after a shooting

Man resurfaces yard with toxic blue mulch for his children to play in

The Christmas lights from ‘Stranger Things’ spell out all our greatest memes

Starbucks wants its baristas to wear fedoras and other awful hats

Cynthia McKelvey covered the health and science for the Daily Dot until 2017. She earned a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2014. Her work has appeared in Gizmodo, Scientific American Mind, and Mic.com.

Cynthia McKelvey

Keeping order with the head moderator of Reddit’s r/science

Jaya Saxena is a lifestyle writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on women&#8217;s issues and web culture. Her writing has appeared in GQ, ELLE, the Toast, the New Yorker, The Hairpin, BuzzFeed, Racked, Eater, Catapult, and others. She is the co-author of &#8216;Dad Magazine,&#8217; the author of &#8216;The Book Of Lost Recipes,&#8217; and the co-author of &#8216;Basic Witches.&#8217;

Jaya Saxena

How to avoid attracting Reddit guys

Reddit