I’ve been a member of the freecycle-adelaide list for a few months now - I’ve given away some stuff, and picked up a few good things, including a push mower.
Recently, A Current Affair did a story on it, and now the list is filled with people asking for stuff. The moderator posted a message reminding everyone that you are supposed to only rarely ask for things, and must offer before asking for anything.
I haven’t asked for anything - I see it as a way to use other people’s stuff they need to get rid of, not prompt someone to give stuff away.
Anyway, I’m thinking about unsubscribing, as I had 78 new emails today, and 77 of them were either SPAM or [freecycle-adelaide] things. And not much there that was that interesting.
I’m on the freecyclesnohomishcounty list, and it sounds like things are a bit different there. To get in, you had to tell a moderator why you wanted in- and you are only allowed to ask for stuff on saturdays.
I’ve got everything going to my gmail account, the filters say right now that out of 76 freecycle emails, 46 are offers. You might suggest to the moderators that they adopt the same practices.
5 hours, 43 minutes after the fact.