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The Daily Dot

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

Nayomi Reghay

Swipe This! I’m dating someone who leaves ‘read receipts’ on—and it’s emotional torture

Claire Downs is a tech reporter who covers the intersection of the internet and pop culture. A third-generation worker in the Chicago futures industry, she specializes in cryptocurrencies and altcoins. Her work can also be seen in Cosmopolitan, Vice Motherboard, VH1.com, and Merry Jane.

Claire Downs

Patrio dating app for patriots, no feminists allowed

I tried the anti-feminist dating app for real ‘patriots’

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

YouTube star Boogie2988 announces divorce in powerful video

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

How to know if you’re a victim of ‘gaslighting’

Swipe This! Why hasn’t my partner approached me about #MeToo?

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

A firefighter crew rescues Liam Smyth's Tinder date from two windows she became trapped between while retrieving a poop she tried to throw away.

Woman gets stuck in Tinder date’s window after fetching a poop she tried to throw out

Swipe This! I know the dirty truth about my friend’s Instagram-perfect relationship

Woman pressing screen of an iPhone a man is holding

Swipe This! Should I be upset that my partner doesn’t post photos of me on Instagram?

The real reason this viral dude no longer dates hot women

Selena Larson is a technology reporter based in San Francisco who writes about the intersection of technology and culture. Her work explores new technologies and the way they impact industries, human behavior, and security and privacy. Since leaving the Daily Dot, she&#8217;s reported for CNN Money and done technical writing for cybersecurity firm Dragos.

Relationships

Swipe This! I’m dating someone who leaves ‘read receipts’ on—and it’s emotional torture

I tried the anti-feminist dating app for real ‘patriots’

YouTube star Boogie2988 announces divorce in powerful video

How to know if you’re a victim of ‘gaslighting’

Swipe This! Why hasn’t my partner approached me about #MeToo?

Woman gets stuck in Tinder date’s window after fetching a poop she tried to throw out

Swipe This! I know the dirty truth about my friend’s Instagram-perfect relationship

Swipe This! Should I be upset that my partner doesn’t post photos of me on Instagram?

The real reason this viral dude no longer dates hot women

A beginner’s guide to flirting on Twitter

LizardPeopleMeet.com is, you guessed it, a dating website for lizard people

How do you cope when your partner is always online?

Woman dumps boyfriend who tried to give away her ‘Hamilton’ tickets

My mother, the psychopath: One woman’s story of abuse

This woman went viral for mocking VR—but the truth is more complex