It's a year and a half since this Alexis Madrigal piece on weird clothing brands in your Instagram feeds, and honestly I still want to read 15 more versions of it. Who buys these things? Who sells them? Are they ALL scams? How can you tell?https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/the-strange-brands-in-your-instagram-feed/550136/ …
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I am a fairly online person, and I still can't figure out how to tell "oh that's cute" from "oh they are definitely going to steal my money and send me dolls' clothes."
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Replying to @mccanner
I do a Google search on some of them from time to time to see if there are reviews, and they are almost 100 percent scams
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Replying to @mathewi
same. which is a shame because i just saw a super cute dress.
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