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Dot Dot Dot: My predictions for 2012

Google will screw up YouTube, Facebook will fix itself, and Twitter will continue to give us something to tweet about.

On Dec 29, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: Friends for sale

How much for that blogger in the window, the one with the inexplicable clout?

On Dec 15, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: Yahoo’s boring billboard, Twitter’s body count, and virtual car crashes

Yahoo's billboard once advertised a "nice place to stay on the Internet," with year-round vacancy. It's removal this week has left the Dot envisioning virtual car crashes. 

On Nov 17, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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The best staff meeting ever

The Daily Dot assembles its troops. Can we kill ourselves with kindness?

On Sep 21, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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The objects of our affections

Connecting with others isn't without its trials, as cam girls, Tiffany Shlain, and the Best Roommate Ever show.

On Sep 14, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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The Daily Dot’s greatest hits (and we just launched!)

An earthquake provided a test of a freshly formed newsroom—and gave us time to reflect on all the stories we've told so far.

On Aug 24, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: Technology’s a riot

What really lit up Britain?

On Aug 10, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Dot Dot Dot: The problem with girl problems

Swagger? I hardly know her. The manufactured self-presentation of young women online distracts from the real issues women face.

On Aug 3, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Let’s give them something to talk about

Defining ourselves online has been a challenge from the earliest days of the Web.

On Jul 27, 2011 by [email protected]

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I once was lost, but now am cofound

The Daily Dot's founding editor contemplates founderosity.

On Jul 20, 2011 by [email protected]

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One big room, full of bad DJs

Following a big launch, can new social networks thrive?

On Jul 1, 2011 by [email protected]

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Get out of my hair, I’m finding myself

Shorn of our borrowed identities, who are we, really?

On Jun 24, 2011 by [email protected]

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Can the Internet connect us?

YouTube-ready riots and online fakers have left us disappointed in the Internet. But hope remains online.

On Jun 17, 2011 by [email protected]

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Everyone will be a hoax for 15 minutes

Hey, not everything on the internet is a hoax...just most of it.

On Jun 10, 2011 by Owen Thomas

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Facing a future where everyone’s a hoax for 15 minutes

Whaddaya know? On the Internet, not much. That’s what a week of hoaxes teaches us.

On Jun 10, 2011 by [email protected]