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From the comments above “though she seemed skeptical about whether Zibbet was the right partner.” One might want to delve further into this. They seem to have a back history of things like monitoring sellers social media comments and also homophobic social media comments from the Pastor ceo members on that site? Search some of the old Etsy forums for threads about Zibbet. I would say that A.C. Moore made a foolish move here once people start digging into the zibbet skeletons.
One comment from one old thread on the Etsy forums “Andrew Gray, one of the 2 Zibbet cofounders, is a pastor in the C3 Church Global group, a “prosperity theology” megachurch.
eta: He made more than one tweet that people found objectionable. There was one about Halloween being sinful, and another negative one about people on welfare”
For one I’m sick and tired of the social media, parents’ basement dwelling, judge, jury and executioner style of destroying those with whom we may disagree. Listen, if this new marketplace doesn’t fit someone’s narrow view of the world, then they should simply never join it. This America, once the home of freedom. I understand that, for many, it’s just unbearable to be exposed to ideas and opinions that don’t perfectly coincide with their personally held beliefs. But, fear not! That’s why God created hot cocoa, Teddy bears and warm blankies. Now, excuse me while I tear down a 200 year old bronze statue so I can feel as if an imperfect history never happened.
Zibbet is an Old PayPal plant.
It’s so discouraging ……
We need a REAL venue……
with STRIPE Payments………