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The Daily Dot

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

Mikael Thalen

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Meet the comedian behind ‘Darla,’ the fake Amazon worker who trolled Twitter

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4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a white supremacist symbol

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.

Nahila Bonfiglio

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Patton Oswalt raises money for man who trolled him on Twitter

David Gilmour is a reporter who specializes in national politics, internet culture, and technology.

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Trolls are trying to rebrand David Hogg as a gun-loving woman

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.

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A fake Uber driver threw a prankster into a New York fountain.

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Viral video of ‘Uber driver’ throwing his ‘passenger’ into a fountain stumps the internet

Kris Seavers was the senior IRL editor and training director for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Central Texas publications, including Austin Monthly and San Antonio Magazine, and on NPR.

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Twitter dunks on conservative for calling Melania Trump’s dinner menu ‘froo-froo’

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.

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Whenever there’s a mass shooting, trolls blame comedian Sam Hyde

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4chan found Shia LaBeouf’s secret location in a little more than a day

Monica Riese is the Daily Dot’s former director of production, and she previously served as the publication’s entertainment editor and assistant managing editor. She is Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly contributed to the Austin Chronicle, where her breaking news work was recognized by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

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Nancy Sinatra trolls Donald Trump with the lyrics to his first dance song

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Comedian mercilessly trolls Hollywood director over stiffed tip

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Trump supporters unleash last-minute flood of rare Pepe memes in a ‘rain of frogs’

Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions,  and the Village Voice. He&#8217;s the author of two odd books of fiction, &#8216;Ivyland&#8217; and &#8216;True False.&#8217;

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Restaurant has amazing Facebook meltdown over bad review, then deletes entire page

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This Twitter bot tricks angry trolls into arguing with it for hours

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Woman buys iPhone 7, gets clever ‘Yu-Gi-Oh’ prank instead

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Almost 15 years ago, ‘Black People Love Us’ taught the internet how to troll

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