SSENSE IS GOING DOWN!!!

SSENSE IS GOING DOWN!!!

I was on the @BBPolyvore Facebook page and stumbled upon this: a photo of a customer complaint from a loyal SSENSE User about how the fashion site handled its acquisition of Polyvore. And from what I’ve read (and hopefully what you’ll read soon) this person is disappointed, disgusted, and disillusioned to this company’s business ethics...and I’m super happy!!!

This is the kind of change we need to expose as well as keep fighting SSENSE from their business ‘plan.’ Right now, we need to stand together - now more than ever - and keep protesting their products, website, and business for what they’ve done to us.

I don’t know when our beloved Polyvore will return or how, but I still have hope that the Polyfam is going to beat this...and I still believe that we will win this fight.

Our petition has reached 11K signatures and is on track for 15K at change.org. Repost this, tweet it, retweet it, show it on Facebook and Instagram, and let the world know: we are never backing down and we will never give up!!

Here’s the petition: https://www.change.org/p/former-polyvore-users-creative-minds-bring-back-polyvore

I second that. I was so pissed at him. After everything he did and finally got her, he lied over the phone about this huge news and kept it a secret. I wonder when is she going to find out and how mad she'll get at him for keeping this?

i just watched 7x5 of TVD and i'm so mad at the writers because caroline was one of my favorite characters and i loved how she was confident in herself and didn't take shit from anyone but now thats like all gone. like literally she's back to the season 1 caroline that i loathed because stefan makes her feel so insecure and everything about being strong and full of light went out the window. ok that was my rant... but seriously i wanna stab JP

I wanna stab Stefan.

I agree. I mean, throughout all the seasons in TVD, they make sure Caroline DOESN'T have a choice. S1: Damon's blood bag, spy, sex slave, and vamp. sacrifice for Klaus; S2: being vervained by her boyfriend to get out of the way; S3: used as bait every time they need to fight the Originals or something else more powerful; S4: Silas torturing the hell out of her in her mind; S5: Forced to kill a doppelgänger to save her best guy friend; S6: used as a babysitter to a newborn vampire and pushed aside.

And now, she's engaged to the human that tortured her and killed her father and carrying his unborn kids, playing happy family with him? Absolutely pathetic and completely disappointing to watch.

Hello. I am disgusted.

Trust me, you're not the only one who thinks this "pregnancy thing" is total BS by the writers. In all seriousness, it's disappointing they're doing this. I'm pretty sure that when everyone finds out about this, they're (mostly Stefan and Alaric) are going to "guilt" (or manipulate) her into keeping it to full term, which from the future flashbacks, it's going to happen

Dude! How are people ok with this fucking pregnancy plot?! Like I'm looking around the Internet & I'm so??? How are people ok with this????

Beats me. Those are people I don’t wanna even try to understand. 

i second that. i have given up on liking TVD this season. why don’t they just put it out of it’s misery and get it over with already?

Hello. I am disgusted.

Shop Look Isn’t Polypore...but so far: It’s a close second

Today is Day 1 of our Polyvore withdrawal and right now...it’s not going very well. In over a couple of hours: Polyvore has shut down, bought and sold to the highest bidder (by way of SSENSE), and has become like every other website for fashion (and not very interesting about it, I may add). We, the fans and loyal people of the world and interweb, who love and adore Polyvore as much as I do, won’t take this sitting down. So far, Stage 1 has begun: Denial and Shock.

A natural response for Polyvore people who found out that their favorite place to go, the website that made them feel good, a place where they could make friends, compliment, and create entire identities and personalities, is gone. A world where it was bright, crazy, unpredictable, and - above all - special made life beautiful and bearable. The feeling of pride and happiness in the sense of style and preferences is replaced by new feelings: mediocrity and bland. 

For others, it was the only thing that gave them a sense of joy. A way for ordinary people to become different: to become high-end fashionistas and trendsetters without damaging their budget or bank account. It was modest but elegant; innovative and intriguing. A beautiful blend of code, fashion, and the love of the fashion world that made this dream a reality. 

Now, I will be blunt, and you all deserve to know my honest opinion. I am an optimistic person: I firmly believe that good things will happen, that out of a dark world a bright light will appear. I have faith that Polyvore won’t be eliminated or taken down. Some of you might think of me as a naïve person, while others still believe that everything will be set right. Truth be told...I’m afraid. I’m worried that it’s not going to be enough and Polyvore might cease to exist, which is something I don’t want to happen (unless if I have anything to say about it). 

The petition #BringBackPolyvore is going great so far. We’ve exceeded our 5k limit, and it’s on track to almost 7500 signatures. News buzz about our petition is spreading, and everyone is noticing Polyvore. However, if some people feel they should contribute a little more, you can email Oath Inc. (the company that owns Polyvore), and it’s CEO Tim Armstrong. Email the founders and CEO of Polyvore itself. Make your voices heard to him saying that to cancel or remove altogether the Polyvore website and program, is to remove and suppress the creativity and passions of the people. 

Furthermore, with all this talk about a backup website in case, I submit to all of you: ShopLook.io. It’s putting some extra things on its site, but it’s an excellent alternative for Polyvore. Let me explain a few details about the website. 

First of all, it’s cute; A trendy chic cute. It’s pure and bright, has a lot of potential for improvement, and is formatted the same as Polyvore. They are working diligently to make sure that Shop Look has some of the same features as Polyvore did, like the option of creating collections and fashion sets, clipping items to your profile and items list, commenting and liking fashion sets from other users, and sharing them on Pinterest. 

To continue, there are some new features they’re adding throughout the upcoming months: developing a new iOS and Android app for portable usage. Being able to communicate directly with the user and a new thing they’re adding is commission sharing with outfit creators (from what I’ve read on the button that says for ‘Polyvore Users'). Right now, they’re still working on the site so it will take a while before everything is ready to go. The subscription is free, just like Polyvore, and you can follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest to follow what’s going on. 

For the next few days (or however long it takes), fighting for this beloved website is going to be a more significant challenge. But we have to remember that “An honest voice is sometimes louder than a crowd’s. Trust your voice.” - Reese Witherspoon 

To sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/former-polyvore-users-creative-minds-bring-back-polyvore?recruiter=7034817&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=triggered

Tim Armstrong:

Twitter: @tim_armstrong (that’s all I could find on him)