Etsy gets a trust fund.

I’m still kind of meandering around my topic for the documentary, but I was excited to see this article in the Guardian mention Etsy! There’s been a bit of buzz about the place for a little while now, since the announcement of a $27 million investment partly funded by the guy who spotted Facebook back in the day. It’s going to be very interesting to see what sort of impact a whole lot of cash is going to have on the small-time feel of the site, but (I guess as one would expect) the company seems pretty keen to retain that side of things…

I also stumbled across a call-out for comments/help on a Masters thesis not dissimilar to my own. I had briefly thought of the idea of contacting Etsy users themselves, so it’s good to see they’re not opposed to the idea. Think I might email pinupchick and see how she went…