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The responses to this give me such little faith in this community and the internet in general. This is a pain, sure, but for everyone to suddenly be saying "if

The responses to this give me such little faith in this community and the internet in general. This is a pain, sure, but for everyone to suddenly be saying "if they don't fix this today I'm never using them again" -- don't you think that's a bit rash? Why can't we raise our concerns about this policy with pointless threats that so little will ever carry through with. This is a relatively small issue, but one that a lot care about, so make it clear it matters to you but to say "if you don't fix it I will never use you again" is lame. Explain why this is bad instead of just saying you'll never use it again. It seems so childish.

holdenk 16y ago
It seems like a reasonable response to say "if they don't fix this today I'm never using them again", etsy took information which people had assumed was private and made it public. If they respond quickly and take steps to ensure something like this doesn't happen again then I might consider using them again. One of the fastest ways to influence a profit driven enterprise is to make it clear that there actions mean you will no longer give them money (either by no longer shopping on etsy or listing on etsy). I also take issue with your statement that "this is a relatively small issue", while the items I personally bought on etsy are fairly mundane I don't want my shopping history to be easily googleable. How would you feel if the local XXX store started posting pictures of all of the customers in the news paper (or even just putting them up on the web)?
- citricsquid 16y ago
  Yeah, so they can explain why it's a problem for them. If Etsy know why users are concerned they can work out a suitable solution. For example, how does "Yep. That's pretty horrific. Never buying on Etsy again." help at all?
  - holdenk 16y ago
    I could see that possible being a concern where the reason why people are upset isn't obvious, but this is not one of those cases.

holdenk 16y ago

It seems like a reasonable response to say "if they don't fix this today I'm never using them again", etsy took information which people had assumed was private and made it public. If they respond quickly and take steps to ensure something like this doesn't happen again then I might consider using them again. One of the fastest ways to influence a profit driven enterprise is to make it clear that there actions mean you will no longer give them money (either by no longer shopping on etsy or listing on etsy). I also take issue with your statement that "this is a relatively small issue", while the items I personally bought on etsy are fairly mundane I don't want my shopping history to be easily googleable. How would you feel if the local XXX store started posting pictures of all of the customers in the news paper (or even just putting them up on the web)?

citricsquid 16y ago
Yeah, so they can explain why it's a problem for them. If Etsy know why users are concerned they can work out a suitable solution. For example, how does "Yep. That's pretty horrific. Never buying on Etsy again." help at all?
- holdenk 16y ago
  I could see that possible being a concern where the reason why people are upset isn't obvious, but this is not one of those cases.