Further proof Promoted Closet is a scam
I know it was super annoying when they changed the algorithm to show you additional sizes that are close to your size. I’m a 4 and sometimes a 6, never a 2 or an 8, so it’s super annoying to be shown those but whatever I’ll live. I figured at the time it was to inflate ad impressions/click-thru rate for promoted closets to make people think they were getting good value. Pretty scammy, but not the end of the world.
However, I noticed today though that the sizes I was seeing were *all over the place*, even with correct filters while actively searching for something. This wasn’t a case of random AI-curated items on the homepage, the *obviously* wrong sizes were all ads. I was being shown 00 and 14 while searching explicitly for 4/6. Poshmark is taking your Promoted Closet dollars and showing your listings to people who, with 100% certainty, will *never* buy your item.
Notice my screenshots- two full pages of listings filtered to size 4&6, and not a single 4 or 6 to be seen. The 2s and 8s are not promoted, but the 00s, 0s (not pictured), 10s, 12s and 14s are. This is a joke and so frustrating.
The new changes are intentionally terrible user experience because they need to inflate ad metrics. I really hope people start to realize this and flushing money down the Poshmark toilet on promoted closets