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		pjc50 on Feb 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Etsy Alienated Its Crafters and Lost Its Soul .. except that the entire sales pitch for "craft", "handmade", and "indie" relies on believing that the items are being made in a particular way, by non-alienated labour. Turning it into mass production is the opposite of what the original buyer's culture wants.

Agustus on Feb 23, 2015 | [–]

Exactly this, the products became more and more mass produced instead of the etsy sales pitch of one-offs.

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