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The Internet rallied to try to save Ebola patient's dog
The cats and dogs of the Internet are trying to save the dog of an Ebola patient set to be euthanized by Spanish authorities.Javier Limon Romero, the husband of the woman currently being treated for...
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You're not crazy: Twitter did issue some tiny tweaks
I'm not certain all that many of us actually use Twitter.com anymore, deferring instead to Tweetdeck or our mobile apps. But for those who still log in to the Web client, things looks a little...
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JetBlue boots passenger who tweeted about pilot outburst
At this point, two things are utterly clear: The first is that nothing good can come of tweeting about an airline. The second is that people will never, ever stop tweeting about airlines.Lisa...
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Stephen Collins has been messaging young female fans for years
As the star of one of the most popular TV shows of the ’90s, Stephen Collins, who portrayed Reverend Eric Camden on 7thHeaven, predictably has lots of fans who came of age during the social media era,...
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Prominent woman in gaming harassed off Twitter
Kathy Sierra is a prominent game programmer, developer, and tech writer. But her success has been marked along the way by death threats and constant harassment. Now, in a sobering blog post, she...
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Email fail leaves 29,000 students subscribed to gay porn and Sarah Palin
An email fail on Wednesday evening at the University College London (UCL) has left all 29,000 thousand students at the institution able to email one another—resulting in thousands and thousands of...
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Amanda Bynes announces she's suing everyone on Twitter
Just hours after In Touch Weekly released a particularly damning interview with Amanda Bynes, in which the troubled child star alleged, among other things, that a microchip had been implanted in her...
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Stop calling Amanda Bynes 'crazy'
Former child star Amanda Bynes hasn’t been having a good month. After being arrested for DUI in California, Bynes left her family and made her way to New York City, where she’s attempted to shoplift...
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5 ways Facebook can save itself from itself
It might not seem like Facebook should need a rescue mission. The site still looms large above its competitors in every factor from membership to revenue. In fact, the second quarter of this year was...
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Aaron Carter tricks his Twitter army into pranking a girl who 'bullied' him
Aaron Carter, teen heartthrob turned Twitter troll, strikes again. Carter, who rose to fame as a young teen in the early aughts and continues to produce music and tour to this day, has a tumultuous...
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Ever wondered what it'd be like to surf a video-less YouTube?
In the fast-moving world of YouTube, it's hard to keep up. With creators uploading videos, sharing on Twitter, creating Snapchat stories, and engaging in every other form of social media imaginable,...
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My boyfriend sold my soul to a Twitter click farm
BY ADELAIDE MOTT I awoke at six in the morning today only to discover I’d lost 1,000 Twitter followers. Distraught, I headed to the kitchen, holding back tears as I dove into a bowl of granola. I asked...
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NYPD crashes comedy show to detain audience member, heckle performer
The worlds of stand-up comedy and YouTube culture collide wonderfully in heckler videos. You could easily spend all day screening these clips—all the drunk insults and blistering comebacks traded in...
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Nurse who took selfie with dead patient arrested for murder
Just in case you haven’t developed a paralyzing fear of hospitals in your time on earth, there’s this: An Italian nurse has been arrested in connection with 38 suspicious patient deaths at her...
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Why you should get paid to be on Facebook
“We don’t even know what it is yet.” This was the cautious ethos that guided many of our now-massive social media companies throughout their early days. It was the line said repeatedly by the “Mark...
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Facebook's 'People You May Know': An interview with Drew Kaufman
Social networks, you may have noticed, make it their business to sell you on new connections. On Facebook, the list of potential acquaintances is titled “People You May Know”—but more often than not,...
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A mysterious alt lit legend wrote a poem about me
I didn’t for one split second imagine, when editing a Daily Dot feature on the mysterious Internet persona Peterbd, that the man would soon enough be emailing me one of the cheeky, confounding, and...
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The one thing everyone forgets about Obama's legacy
Unlikely though it might seem, First Lady Michelle Obama’s new viral video “Turnip for What” is more than just a silly video that parodies a hip-hop hit to teach Americans about the joys of eating the...
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Gamergate supporters are getting therapy from a Twitter bot
Listening to bogus claims about ethical breaches in journalism by Gamergate supporters is just as tiring as the Social Justice 101 conversations that Gamergaters despise. Instead of participating in...
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Bizarre administrative decisions mar routine DreamLeague qualifier
One of Dota’s most prestigious leagues is causing headaches as questionable administrative decisions have turned a routine match into a confusing mess. European hopeful Aftershock Gaming and newly...
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