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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.

Jay Hathaway

Unclick

‘I had to grind for this view’ meme shows the value of hard work

Dahlia Dandashi is a multimedia content producer. Her work has been published at the Austin American-Statesman and Viceland. An Arab-American raised in Dubai, she is based in Austin, Texas.

Dahlia Dandashi

This Trump Photoshop battle is for those who like big butts (and cannot lie)

Lauren L&#8217;Amie is a former SEO editor of the Daily Dot. Her work focuses on women and the internet, tech, and health. Previously, she has contributed to Tom&#8217;s Guide and Texas Monthly. Currently, she is based in Brooklyn and becoming a keyword ninja.

Lauren L’Amie

Entertainment

Shia LaBeouf becomes new target for 4chan’s white supremacists

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

That’s-a spicy meme-ball: Why pictures of Italy in World War 2 are taking over

Did Donald Trump inherit a crashing meme economy?

Daily Dot Contributor

Culture

Man surprised to see his boots leave a trail of swastikas

Robbie Rotten’s ‘We Are Number One’ was just named ‘Meme of the Year’

‘Deconstruction comics’ and the future of memes

Teacher accidentally murders magical elf, ruins Christmas for 20 first-graders

The stupid truth about Pizzagate

Local Brisbane hero gives the most Aussie interview ever

Reddit explodes after Trump posts pregame debate message

Trump posts message of support to Reddit, prompting massive online vote-rigging

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner

The best YouTube videos are 30 seconds or shorter—and here’s the proof

Reddit