Buy Nothing groups offer an antidote to waste and isolation(washingtonpost.com)

15 pointsby ratsforhorses5 tahun yang lalu5 comments

washingtonpost.com

Buy Nothing groups offer an antidote to waste and isolation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/10/buy-nothing-gift-economy/

5 comments

bookofjoe5 tahun yang lalu

https://archive.ph/NEKYy

elektor5 tahun yang lalu

I’ve used my local BN group to de clutter my home, highly recommend it!

gumboshoes5 tahun yang lalu

Same. People are usually a lot less flaky than on Craigslist's free section. Like, if they say they're coming to get the item, they usually do.

travisporter5 tahun yang lalu

Sigh, FB groups? I wish craigslist was more reliable

heyitsguay5 tahun yang lalu

For local activities tied to IRL interactions, a key benefit of FB groups is the lack of anonymity - easier to block people and alert the group to scams or other malicious activity. It's not perfect and there are still ways to subvert policies, but it seems to work in practice. I wish there were other popular options for explicitly-not-anonymous social media, perhaps we'll see some eventually.