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Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

Nate Wolf

Photo illustration of a man in a backwards MAGA hat sitting at a computer reading the r/Conservative subreddit.

Reddit’s top conservative forum is afraid it’s been secretly commandeered by liberals 

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

Culture

“Take your ableism elsewhere”: Adam Pearson takes down ableist trolls after being called ‘scary’

Mariam Sharia is a writer and editor at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

The world’s first babygirl-edgelord: Jack Schlossberg responds to backlash after calling his grandmother ‘hot’ with ‘I’m a literal pervert’

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.

Charlotte Colombo

Users said goodbye to ‘the TikTok era’ with a Sammy Levitt catchphrase as the app went dark

Je&#8217;Kayla Crawford was a trending news intern for the Daily Dot. Her work can be found at Distractify, Dexerto, and more.

Je’Kayla Crawford

‘That would be a better solution’: Who should control teens’ Meta, TikTok use? Health expert weighs in

Kiera Sargent is a self-declared chronically online adult, she enjoys weaving stories out of the content she consumes to reflect on greater social and cultural developments. When she’s not staring at a screen, she stares at the pages of a book, through a camera viewfinder, or at a paint-soaked canvas.

Kiera Sargent

Uh, what’s going on with YouTube? Is it in its flop era?

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

Entertainment

These 10 tweets captured the zeitgeist in 2024

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

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‘I am too alone with my thoughts’: The funniest replies across social media in 2024

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

Memes

32 internet posts that live rent-free in people’s heads forever

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Pinterest predicts that these 20 trends are going to dominate 2025

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

Elon Musk with hearts in his eyes looking at Tiffany Fong.

Tiffany Fong’s big X payout raises eyebrows over frequent slurs, constant Musk replies

Jeremy Allen White Look a like(l) Timothee Chalamet look a like(c) Zayn Malik(r)

Ranking the celebrity lookalike contests going viral online from worst to best

Mark Hamill(l), Gabrielle Union(c), Levar Burton(r), surrounded with blue sky butterflies

15 celebrities who have announced they quit X and moved to Bluesky

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

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Babylon Bee met with cold shoulder on Bluesky—and definitely isn’t mad about it

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Social Media