Whenever I pull up one of my own item listings on mobile, whatever I entered into the item description field is hidden behind a "see full description" link. It confounds me that the most important details that a seller would take the time to fully explain and expand upon are buried as much as possible. Why on earth does it work this way?
Between this and the terrible AI-generated descriptions, it's as if eBay is training buyers to skip over that information even more than they used to. And the description is the ONE place where I can properly expand upon the unique details of any item that I sell, especially any flaws or imperfections that a buyer really needs to know about. It's basically the 3rd most important detail on any given item listing after the price and the pictures, but it's completely crowded out by Item Specifics errata, borderline useless product reviews, and a whole bunch of sponsored links.
Lately I've actually gotten into the habit of omitting several Item Specifics fields just to keep my listings from getting too cluttered. (If it's something that I think a real human person would *actually* be searching and filtering for, then I fill out that field. If it's something that I'd never expect someone to go out of their way to search for, then I leave it off.) Like, the clutter and de-prioritization of important information has gotten to be so bad site-wide that I feel as if I need to take every step on my end to alleviate it, no matter how small.
