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Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by iancmceachern on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @12:31PM (#38630824)
Totally, the original founder was literally in tears as he left

They ruined the culture and ecosystem, it's just ebay/amazon/aliexpress now

Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by everdrive on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:04PM (#38631436)
It's important to remember this the next time you're excited for a new tech company.
Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by BizarreByte on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:25PM (#38631805)
Remember it about anything you’re excited by. The pursuit of the almighty dollar dilutes and ruins everything over time.
Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by iancmceachern on Thursday December 14, 2023 @03:32AM (#38639120)
Its human nature.

There are a few exceptions. Some are covered in the book "small giants". It's great.

Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by CSMastermind on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:34PM (#38631993)
Ebay itself has gotten notably worse with the rise of the drop ship, arbitrage, get rich quick idiots.

Now I actively avoid sellers with too many sales and never buy anything that looks like it has a stock image for the listing.

Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by JohnFen on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:03PM (#38632489)
I get extra annoyed when I buy something on eBay and the "seller" just ordered the thing from Amazon and had them ship it to me.

I don't buy things from Amazon for a reason, and it's incredibly annoying to have been forced to do business with them anyway, even indirectly.

Re:Etsy is laying off 11% of its staff by rightbyte on Thursday December 14, 2023 @04:10AM (#38639371)
Well at least you are trying.