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You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Woman greenscreen over message from ebay "Hello, We understand this may be inconvienient, but we've identified a discrepancy on your account. Based on the risk involved in your eBay business, this suspension is permeant. Your account will remain restricted indefinitely and you will be unable to buy/sell items or encourage member to member communication. Unfortunately, there will not be an opportunity to appeal this decision as the safety of our community is top priority for us. Thank you for your cooperation. Thanks, eBay" (l) eBay logo on white background (r)

‘There is no help hotline that I can call’: eBay seller says she was randomly suspended and can’t withdraw the ‘thousands’ she’s made. Other sellers say the same thing happened (updated)

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘Green flag’: Man takes woman he met on Hinge to Target for first date, sparking debate

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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Shopper finds apparent urn with ashes in it at Goodwill

Woman in hoodie caption "working @ brandy melville and having to take photos of cute customers fits to send to head office which is why the clothes look similar to other brands" (l) Brandy Melville clothing store with sign (r)

Former Brandy Melville employee alleges they used to send photos of ‘cute’ customers’ outfits to the head office

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Man in line at Walmart with shopping cart lots of items (l) cameraman cart and other mans cart with caption "20 items or less dude!!" (c) Man at Walmart shopping cart full on phone while pointing to cart (r)

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

walmart sign over diapers (l) man in kitchen (c) baby food on shelves (r)

‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video￼

Poshmark logo on red background (l) name brand luxury purse caption " this is a pretty effective scam because it takes the blame off of Poshmark and removes their incentive to help you" (r)

TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘This is why drivers are quitting Dollar General’: Viral TikTok shows truck packed to brim with store items

dollar store "camera" shown to be just a prop with caption "no wonder why it's a $1.25"

‘Why u gotta do dollar tree like that’: TikToker catches Dollar Tree using apparent fake cameras

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

A basket of cosmetics (L), Bath & Body Works employees (C), and two people in front of a Bath a& Body Works (R).

Customer exchanges ‘old’ Bath & Body Works products for new ones in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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

jeans (l) pacsun logo (c) hand opening jeans to reveal several security tags (r) with caption "when i managed a pacsun and my coworker found these left in the dressing room like this"

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‘There is no help hotline that I can call’: eBay seller says she was randomly suspended and can’t withdraw the ‘thousands’ she’s made. Other sellers say the same thing happened (updated)

‘Green flag’: Man takes woman he met on Hinge to Target for first date, sparking debate

Shopper finds apparent urn with ashes in it at Goodwill

Former Brandy Melville employee alleges they used to send photos of ‘cute’ customers’ outfits to the head office

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video

TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives

‘This is why drivers are quitting Dollar General’: Viral TikTok shows truck packed to brim with store items

‘Why u gotta do dollar tree like that’: TikToker catches Dollar Tree using apparent fake cameras

Customer exchanges ‘old’ Bath & Body Works products for new ones in viral TikTok, sparking debate

‘How do u even get them off’: PacSun manager shows stash of security tags seemingly removed by shoplifters in viral TikTok

TikToker shares alleged ‘Amazon hack’ to getting order quicker in viral video

‘I walked away with brand new candles’: TikToker says they exchanged empty candles for new ones at Bath & Body Works, sparking debate

‘As a former employee, they were old’: TikToker’s viral video about the snacks at T.J. Maxx sparks debate

Shopping

‘There is no help hotline that I can call’: eBay seller says she was randomly suspended and can’t withdraw the ‘thousands’ she’s made. Other sellers say the same thing happened (updated)

‘Green flag’: Man takes woman he met on Hinge to Target for first date, sparking debate

Shopper finds apparent urn with ashes in it at Goodwill

Former Brandy Melville employee alleges they used to send photos of ‘cute’ customers’ outfits to the head office

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video￼

TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives

‘This is why drivers are quitting Dollar General’: Viral TikTok shows truck packed to brim with store items

‘Why u gotta do dollar tree like that’: TikToker catches Dollar Tree using apparent fake cameras

Customer exchanges ‘old’ Bath & Body Works products for new ones in viral TikTok, sparking debate

‘How do u even get them off’: PacSun manager shows stash of security tags seemingly removed by shoplifters in viral TikTok

TikToker shares alleged ‘Amazon hack’ to getting order quicker in viral video

‘I walked away with brand new candles’: TikToker says they exchanged empty candles for new ones at Bath & Body Works, sparking debate

‘As a former employee, they were old’: TikToker’s viral video about the snacks at T.J. Maxx sparks debate

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video