A few months ago, after seeing yet another lace covered rock on the front page of Etsy, I had an idea, and I posted it in the Regretsy forums.
I asked you to make something incredibly stupid, and quietly place it in your Etsy store. You’d tag these items with ‘CF4L” so others could find them, and then start making treasuries to promote this crap. The object, of course, was to see how long it took Etsy to put one of these pieces of shit on the front page.
In order for this to work, these objet d’fart would have to be studded with irresistible Etsy bait:
• Annoying description
• Muted palette
• Useless
• Overpriced
• Artfully photographed on distressed wood
• Buzzwords like upcycled, salvaged, reclaimed, vintage, etc.
It was a funny idea, But to be honest, I forgot about the whole thing.
Until today.
Today, on the front page, Etsy featured this handpicked piece of shit:
A $12.00 nail. Photographed on distressed wood. On the front page.
I must admit, I have mixed feelings about this.
On the one hand, having irrefutable proof that Etsy is this stupid is almost depressing.
On the other hand, I may have pissed my pants.
