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"Brave" fans win: Disney will keep the old Merida
After a huge public outcry, Disney is doing what it should have done from the start, and giving Brave's heroine a nice, sensible dress to go with her sensible coronation ceremony. As a Disney...
View ArticleFired Amy's Baking Company waitress shares her story on Reddit
Days after the worst Kitchen Nightmares on Gordan Ramsay's show had a series of public meltdowns, one of their victims is having her moment in the spotlight—on Reddit, one of the places currently on...
View Article"Sanditon" role-playing is so popular that Twitter mistook it for spam
Were she alive today, Jane Austen would be having a good laugh: Just like the fictional townspeople she wrote about in her unfinished novel Sanditon, fans of the new offering from the creators of The...
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Yahoo just swallowed the best Tumblr community you've never heard of
O, ye Tumblr users of little faith. The rumor of Yahoo acquiring Tumblr hasn’t even been confirmed yet—and, in fact, Bloomberg Businessweek suggests the rumors may be premature—but already...
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10 things Tumblr can teach Yahoo about the Internet
It'sofficiallyofficial: Yahoo/Tumblr is canon. The web conglomerate carried off a $1.1 billion cash purchase of the hip young social media platform in one of the most unexpected couplings to come from...
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Tumblr gets trolled by fake Yahoo staff blogs
Brace yourself, Tumblr: the reign of terror has begun. The reign of terrible troll blogs, gullible Tumblr users falling for them, and Tumblr banning them for impersonating Yahoo staffers, that is....
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Biggr may not be bettr for Flickr usrs
At Yahoo's triumphant press conference yesterday in New York, it tried admirably to take the spotlight off its latest acquisition, Tumblr, and shine it on photo-based social network Flickr. In...
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Can Kickstarter save manga publishing?
It took fledgling manga publisher Kansai Club Publishing around nine months to raise the $25,000 royalty fees to license legendary manga creator Osamu Tezuka's work for publication. It took three days...
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The rise of the anti-fandom fandom
The Tumblr Your Fave is Problematic (YFIP) has one purpose: making sure you have a list of all the uncool things—read: racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist, sizeist, transphobic—your favorite celebrity...
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Tumblr's advertising problem summed up in 1 orange cat
Now that Yahoo has purchased Tumblr, a good deal of speculation has gone into the question of, you know, what the hell Yahoo is going to do with it. A blog post by noted media analyst John Battelle...
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Why Yahoo can't buy fandom on Tumblr
We know you're already sick of hearing about Tumblr porn and how Yahoo will keep the kids safe. Just think how actual Tumblr users feel. Still, there's one aspect of the $1.1 billion Yahoo-Tumblr deal...
View ArticleCan YouTube roleplay transform Austen's unfinished novel?
We can't get enough of YouTube charmer Sanditon here at the Daily Dot. Not only because it's an Internet culture reporter's wet dream, but because it just keeps getting cuter. Oh, and because this...
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Amazon and the buyout of fandom culture
What an earth-shattering week this has been for fandom. In the space of a few days, we suddenly have two incredibly huge corporate entities, Amazon and Yahoo, actively courting major chunks of fandom...
View ArticleWhat will it take for Facebook to care about violence against women?
On Facebook, figuring out the difference between free speech and offensive content hasn't been easy. Before now, though, little has been done to pinpoint the site's inconsistency—especially regarding...
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Human maxi pad is on his way to achieving his dream
Last month, we introduced you to Pad Gardner, the Florida man whose dream in life is to become a disposable feminine pad. Pad’s goal is simple: He wants to serve his purpose—that is, spend a night...
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Anita Sarkeesian haters manipulate YouTube, take down new episode
In just over an hour, critics of vlogger Anita Sarkeesian managed to have the second video in her Tropes vs Women in Video Games series pulled from YouTube. Since Kickstarting her series critiquing...
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What Tumblr users think of Tumblr's new, ad-filled redesign
Oh, Tumblr. You've been having a rough time of it lately. Sure, you're worth $1.1 billion to Yahoo, but actual Tumblr users are having their doubts. First you baffle everyone with a series of largely...
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#NoFilter: Backstage with YouTube's "Amazing Trinity"
If you drew a Venn diagram of Hannart Hart, Grace Helbig, and Mamrie Hart, you’d have a delightful mix of alcohol, bad puns, YouTube, and roundly in the center, friendship. On stage and on-screen, the...
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Online predator lured teen girls by posing as Harry Styles
Given the sheer enormity of the One Direction fandom, it's no surprise that many Directioners are in their teens and tweens, which means they're unprotected and gullible. So it's both heartbreaking...
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Men's rights activists fight for their freedom to make rape jokes on Facebook
Last week, Facebook defied all expectations and announced a groundbreaking new policy change in its stance regarding gender-based hate speech. The move promises an overhaul of current community...
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