Some things resellers told us“As a working class queer Black fem, using my physical self to promote my clothes so that they are easily sold is directly connected to racial desirability politics and algorithms”.“I used to read a lot about the algorithm on Instagram, trying to crack the code or something. There were things that worked for a while, but it’s ever-changing. Now, if you don’t have a million followers or pay for ads, you just won’t be seen. I see sellers every day, venting about how the algorithm is ruining their business. It’s just such an uphill battle. At this point, I don’t even care anymore—I’ve just accepted that maybe a hundred people will see my stuff, and that’s fine”.“I have a great vintage item; I sourced it, I cleaned it, I researched it, but I also want my buyers to be able to see the item as something unique—which means staging it to excite the imagination and entice purchase. (It sounds shady when I say it that way, but it’s also the truth and it’s also how businesses work. I don’t want to encourage over consumption AND/BUT I want people to buy my items.) It’s easier to excite and entice with a nicer AI generated staging space than I have”.