Some great advice - Admin, listen up!

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Update: Etsy has shut down my Etsy account (ClosedThreads2). Without explanation because they think I'm a sock puppet.

Etsyhacks, watch out. You may be next. :(

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5975753

I guess some people just can't take advice. I wasn't bashing Admin... just trying to give them a few pointers to use in the New Year. ;)

13 comments

that's a bitch move, santa.

they can hand out critiques left and right to shops, but they can't take it them selves.

even when it is not even directed at them directly, but just a general article.

it's not even a sock puppet. it's WHO YOU ARE!

WTF?

December 31, 2008 at 2:23:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...

Stella needs to go...far far away.

December 31, 2008 at 2:26:00 PM EST
KPP said...

Er, well, was it a sock puppet account or opened just to post a complain-y thread? I guess they closed your account now so I can't tell. I mean, I'm all about criticism, but I like the kind that works with the rules the best. Its all the more delicious.

Okay, sometimes when the rules are really stupid or really arbitarily applied, I don't mend the bending of them.

December 31, 2008 at 2:59:00 PM EST
Closed Threads said...

KPP: No, it was not "a sock puppet account or opened just to post a complain-y thread" as you put it.

December 31, 2008 at 3:03:00 PM EST
eclipse said...

"Just be yourself"

Ha fucking ha!

Or if that fails you can always impersonate others, why don't you ask some former colleagues about that, Stella?

December 31, 2008 at 3:12:00 PM EST
KPP said...

Ah ha. I should have used my google-fu to find your cached profile the first time instead of being all suspicious. I apologise.

I love that they decided to close your account even though you have postive feedback--what sort of sock puppet would use their account to actually buy stuff (and for real, not just to hose over other shops). Oye.

December 31, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM EST
rhino said...

hmmm Etsy can dish it but when it comes to eating it they wrap it inside a napkin.

excellent advice you posted.

December 31, 2008 at 6:12:00 PM EST

LOL @ Google-fu

closedthreads been around a while, and has participated in the forum before.

i think Lauren just assumed it was a sock puppet without doing the proper research.

and you know what they say about assuming....

December 31, 2008 at 7:13:00 PM EST

Stella seems confused about what a sock puppet is.

And she can get right snippy at times, eh?

January 1, 2009 at 9:30:00 AM EST
BobbiWired said...

Jeez Louise - Guess Stella was in too much of a hurry to party - or had partied too much, or just generally just has her head up her ass - What 'real' sock puppet survives long enough to get positive feedback.

January 1, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM EST
MI Zombie said...

Following rules is nice and blah blah blah! But Etsy doesn't even follow their own rules, including assface Stella!

Saying Stella is a bitch is being WAY to kind!

January 2, 2009 at 2:21:00 AM EST
Zibbo said...

One of my first experiences on the Etsy forums was attempting to engage in a thoughtful debate with someone, only to have Stella come and tell us to 'stop bickering' as she closed the thread. It was highly mature insightful of her, and I've since appreciated her thoughtfulness frequently.

January 3, 2009 at 6:53:00 AM EST