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According to this investigative report on The Daily Dot, giant Chinese tchotchke factories are infiltrating Etsy, the internet's favorite handmade good emporium, with their cheap, mass-produced stuff, and small-sellers who abide by the site's rules are being priced out. The article argues that Etsy's policy change for protecting the "handmade definition" has apparently made the situation worse. Etsy-ers, what are your thoughts? [Daily Dot]