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samson @squidcrusher9/23/2023, 3:42 PM

sometimes I forgot the shit ass changes Etsy made and that a good chunk of what the shit ass "algorithm" will show you when you search on there isn't even handmade anymore
I will look for something on ~~amazon~~ and then be like "oh wait this is an item that I could buy handmade from a small artist instead" but then I go on Etsy and search and end up finding all the same items I just saw before :u

yes I know you can sell handmade on Amazon now, but I promise these are the mass produced items I see on Amazon/eBay/temu also being posted on Etsy as "handmade" and Etsy doesn't give a shit about integrity anymore ever since they went public

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Seth @esoterictriangle9/23/2023, 3:47 PM

it's ridiculous!! I no longer shop on etsy with the expectation of finding something cool and handmade; when I find something neat that doesn't have obviously homegrown photos I'll check to see where else it is on the internet and lo and behold,,,

samson @squidcrusher9/23/2023, 5:19 PM

yeahhhh generally the only purchases I make on Etsy anymore are something I saw on another site first. I will search for enamel pins there, but I try and look at the seller's page first to try and discern if the person selling it is actually the artist.

- ̗̀ 🏳️‍⚧️Tuddy🏳️‍⚧️ ̖́-@tudsworth9/23/2023, 3:47 PM

Really really do not like how a not at all insignificant amount of the items on Etsy now are just marked up Amazon items which are just marked up Temu/Alibaba items.

samson @squidcrusher9/23/2023, 5:24 PM

Etsy literally doesn't care. I used to sell handmade jewelry and soaps on there, but I ended up bailing. It was hard to stay motivated when you see all the resale shops dominating the front pages.

Donnie!!!!!@Donnie9/23/2023, 6:46 PM

Yeah genuinely I only buy on Etsy stuff that I can reasonably vet as handmade. There's even a ton of resale garbage being sold like it's eBay on there and it's labeled "vintage" but it's like, a 2023 furby in box or something

samson @squidcrusher9/23/2023, 6:55 PM

Oo yeah I forgot entirely about their "vintage" section where 95% of the items were made in the last 10 years :/

ovengoats @ovengoats9/23/2023, 10:26 PM

ITS SO ANNOYING its gone through some kind of redbubbleification.. i dont even really mind when some items arent handmade when its clear an artist custom ordered some products, but theres just SO much slop. theres slop pretending to be homemade. i still use the website a lot but its become significantly less of a unique place to buy artist and homemade goods.

ovengoats @ovengoats9/23/2023, 10:28 PM

most of the time when i browse the site its after digging thru awful search results and finding one cool shop/artist and just browsing their shop rather than the search. its all so depressing

samson @squidcrusher9/23/2023, 10:36 PM

Their search is so annoying. If you look up anything that doesn't have a lot of results they just flood the page with things that might be semi related to previous searches/buys you made. I still get dead by daylight fan merch recommended while searching for specific yarns even tho it's been 2 years since I bought anything dbd related.

Also yeah, I also still consider stuff like enamel pins being sold by the artist to be perfectly fine for Etsy.

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