Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent “main character” online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to read this column before everyone else, sign up for the newsletter here.

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Main Character of the Week: Olive Garden breadsticks

Is anything sacred anymore?

On by Ramon Ramirez
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Main Character of the Week: Your spiraling Facebook friends

The best thing we can do during this tumultuous transition is listen and learn.

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Main Character of the Week: Car touchscreens

Are car touchscreens doing more harm than good?

On by Claire Goforth
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Main Character of the Week: The Dollar Tree customer who found a markup on Jiffy cornbread mix

This story of a price discrepancy struck a nerve with readers.

On by Ramon Ramirez
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Main Character of the Week: What you need to know about your home air filters

The thicker the better, right? Think again.

On by Ramon Ramirez
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Main Character of the Week: Is the new iPhone update a cheater’s dream? 

The new iPhone update makes your digital activity more private than ever.

On by Ramon Ramirez
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Main Character of the Week: Restaurant tortilla chips

Why are restaurant chips so tasty? We found the answer.

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Main Character of the Week: Fixing your own stuff

Is it time we all learned how to solder?

On by Ramon Ramirez
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Main Character of the Week: Fear-mongering in Springfield, Ohio

Haitian immigrants make our communities better.

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Main Character of the Week: Lumber Liquidators worker reveals an industry secret

Corporations run on proprietary technology.

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Main Character of the Week: AutoZone worker who told the internet he’s not a mechanic 

Unfortunately for him, that’s not the social contract that we have agreed to.

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Main Character of the Week: Fantasy football 

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

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Main Character of the Week: The woman who regrets buying a Porsche

“If you want to have any money left, don’t buy a Porsche,” a TikTok user warned.

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Main Character of the Week: Man who discovered how to make sour scream

The story is about the economic decisions we make in the dairy aisle. It’s about perspective. And it’s generational.

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Main Character of the Week: Best Buy customer who wouldn’t take no for an answer

Who doesn’t have a mountain of incompatible chords and wires laying around?

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