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Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Technician says you’ve been filling up your washer wrong this whole time

Front Load Washing Machine

‘What’s the bulky items button for then?’: Technician says you’ve been filling up your washer wrong this whole time

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Expert shares how to get rid of dog stains with baking soda and vinegar

Keeping carpet clean

‘I threw away a rug I loved. I wish I’d seen this a few months ago’: Expert shares how to get rid of dog stains with baking soda and vinegar

Expert reveals why you shouldn’t fill up the cap with detergent and drop into laundry load

clothes with stains

‘Once we stopped we didn’t have an issue’: Expert reveals why you shouldn’t fill up the cap with detergent and drop into laundry load

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘That can is worth deposit money’: Woman shows Bubly can hack she uses while cleaning the kitchen

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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mop water tiktok

‘Are people out here mopping 6+ times to get clean floors?’: Woman says she just found out the right way to mop floors

Brooke Park is a reporting fellow with the Daily Dot and a journalism senior at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News and The Texas Tribune.

Brooke Park

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‘Husband probably complimented your art and she’s wildly insecure’: Tenant says landlord’s wife made her wash off her chalk art

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‘So they just… stare at you? While you clean?’: Topless maid says she made $3,850 in one day

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

airbnb dirty

‘They don’t care at all about their customers’: TikToker says her Airbnb was dirty—and customer service responded too late for her to get a refund

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bug infested fridge

Unclick

‘If they don’t throw that damn fridge away’: Cleaner shows bug-infested fridge in viral TikTok—commenters call out ‘cheap’ landlord

Viola Stefanello is a Milan-based journalist covering tech and culture for Italian newspaper Il Post. Her work has also been published in Wired and Rolling Stone among others.

Viola Stefanello

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Inside TikTokers’ quest to make the platform more transparent

Joseph Knoop is a gaming writer for Daily Dot, a native Chicagoan, and a slave to all things Overwatch. He co-founded the college geek culture outlet ByteBSU, then interned at Game Informer, and now writes for a bunch websites his parents have never heard of.

Joseph Knoop

Jordan Peterson Room

Jordan Peterson of ‘Clean up your room!’ fame can’t clean his room, apparently

Cleaning Hacks