I just want to express myself, what I though and what I felt, in our crochet (or any sort of craft) community - AI has just gone waaay too farā¦
I am sitting and listing through crochet patterns to purchase on Etsy, and I am in tears, when I see that literally most of the photos are AI generated, or the product itself doesnāt look anything like real crochet How I wish AI was illegal in crafting, because, before we know it, our entire life will be AI, AI will replace everything and everyone, and it will take away the opportunity to do something with your own hands and thinking, if that isnāt already the world that we live inā¦ AI in crafting, or anywhere just makes me very sad, including these made up stories, again, by AI, which are bursting all over the internet with this boy who gets bullied for trying to sell his ācrochet hand-made bagsā, and others
What do you guys think?? Isnāt this horrible?! I so very appreciate all the effort that our community puts into eliminating AI in our crochet/knitting world as much as possible Thank you everyone!
noooooo
i see so many ai patterns too, like when i search up crochet bundles thereās so many results with ā100 Crochet Animal Patterns!ā for like $3 and itās all ai generated
Whatās even more despicable is the people behind these āshopsā selling these āpatternsā to unsuspecting crafters who simply donāt realise they are being scammed. It makes me so mad.
Unfortunately, some people have to learn the hard way. Hopefully when the customer/purchaser discovers theyāve been scammed, theyāll reach out to Etsy to report this and get their money back.
All I can say is, if you come across one of these shops on Etsy, report the shop not the individual pattern. Maybe if we all do this we can slow this down. I know we canāt stop it, but we can at least let these scammers know weāre onto them and wonāt take it.
I hate AI and everything about it. I flat out refuse to use it in any way, shape or form.
Noooooo - I hate seeing ai patterns - why does everything have to be ai nowadays, is it that hard to just put in the effort to do it yourself?! Iām so glad Ribblr banned ai patternsā
Yeah I get you - it looks horrible.
Iād love to know why you prefer to shop there so we can improve! If you donāt mind sharing.
Ultimately itās up to all of us and who we choose to support. we built this platform to support makers just like us, other platforms arenāt built the same way.
Personally we are okay not being the largest platform but sticking to what we believe is right for Ribblr and our community
Well honestly i donāt think Etsy cares about the ai pattern. Liken i watched YT video were people will reach out to Etsy and. . . . Etsy does nothing about it
I did some research several years ago on the proās and conās of using Etsy and found that they just didnāt measure up.
I personally donāt use Etsy because:
they donāt align with my values
they donāt support genuine handmade products and businesses.
they allow AI rubbish - not just crochet patterns
they allow drop shipping
they are only concerned about making money for their share holders
they donāt have real people available to contact for support
they use bots instead of real people to go through listings and close shops and do real damage to legitimate handmade businesses.
they use an algorithm
their fee structure and costs
I would much rather spend my time on a smaller platform like Ribblr, that aligns with my values, than sell my soul to Etsy.
Etsy would be my absolute last resort.
I do believe Etsy has some very talented pattern designers and thatās the appeal. Those pattern designers donāt sell here on Ribblr so you have to go to Etsy (or wherever else the designer sells their patterns) to buy them.
I personally will look on Etsy out of curiosity and to educate myself, however, if I were to see a pattern there, that wasnāt available here on Ribblr, Iād try to find out if the designer sold on another platform, like Ravelry, their own website etc, before Iād even consider buying from Etsy.
I totally agree with this. Before I searched up for a crochet pattern and say a ai one on Etsy and the reviews said it was good like they bought it and didnāt know it was ai. And some of the pictures are actually realistic and people are buying them
Thank you everyone!
