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Probably helps items go to people who really need them instead of scalpers, vultures, and hoarders who make a business of being ready to pounce on free items.
by ip26 6y ago
Probably helps items go to people who really need them instead of scalpers, vultures, and hoarders who make a business of being ready to pounce on free items.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoAnd besides the vultures sniping everything, not everyone has enough free time to continuously monitor the group. Some people can spend their whole day with a Facebook tab open, others have one hour a day to catch up.
- mc32 6y agoCan a small group establish a common post/publish window?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoOne thing I've learned from running a Hackerspace: no, it's not possible. There is no possible window that's relatively short (hours) and will fit everyone who wants to participate. For any day and hour you pick, someone will be permanently excluded (because of e.g. their job, studies), and other people will miss it regularly due to irregular life events. And ultimately, there's no point in doing that if the activity itself doesn't require for everyone to be doing something together. Such a posting isn't a team meeting; it can be done asynchronously.
- alisonkisk 6y agoWhy? That's more work than the obvious solution of just being chill about it.
- pessimizer 6y ago> scalpers, vultures, and hoarders But without the negative connotation, because the obligation to give the item away after waiting for an arbitrary period means that if you can't find anybody who wants it, at least somebody will get it who knows how to resell it better than you do, and will thereby deliver it to someone who will enjoy it. edit: the "I Haul Junk For Free" person serves a function.