Originally Posted by golden graham
Actually, I think freecycle works because you hav both people who want to give stuff away, and others who want to get stuff.
Someone may post a wanted ad for an obscure item that you may have hidden in your basement, thinking of getting rid of, and the wanted ad is the catalyst to make things happen.
The 30 clementine crates I gave away from my basement were there for years, and I finally purged my self of them by happening on [by chance!] and wanted freecycle ad for clementine crates.
It goes both ways.
Of course it goes both ways. That's the point and the beauty of freecycle. But when you get thousands (I'm not exaggerating) of NEEDS and only 30- 50 GIVING, then it defeats the purpose of freecycle. But try explaining to thousands of people who got a slanted misrepresentation and think it's the free stuff website.
You're talking about something totally different- you're actually defining the purpose, and I'm talking about how the service ends up going wrong.
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