Freegle - New home for ex Freecycle groups

frivolous_fay

Just in case anyone missed this... not all groups are changing to freegle, so if your group doesn't appear on the freegle list, don't despair

squeaky

The freegle message maker is just fine. I know, because I wrote it :-)

Any mods reading who have never seen can view it and try it out here...

http://www.squeaky.adsl24.co.uk/HomePageStuff/MessageMaker/


None of the follow up links are done yet but I'm working on them. But a request for setting up will come to me and I'll happily sort it :-)

Lakeuk

Unscientific stat:-

Now 174 Freegle groups on Yahoo with over 50 members per group (total 621381 members)

233 UK Freecycle groups* on Yahoo with over 50 members per group (total 806562 members)


* Search criteria was 'freecycle uk' which will pickup any groups with those words in name or description, also there will be a few non freecycle groups included which are still using the freecycle name, freecyclebrighton is one confusing example of this

squeaky

Quite a number of Freegle groups set up a new "clean and tidy" Freecycle group, all with the bog standard and "approved" text on them. They have a "caretaker mod" who is waiting for someone from The Freecycle Network to come along and take it over.

(Though in this case, "take it over" means that the normal procedure is to "take it over there..." i.e. onto the American MyFreecycle site)

Some mutterings from headquarters in Tucson seem to suggest that these groups have been created in order to "block" Freecycle from using them - and that is simply not true.

We created a guide to help groups who wanted to move home so you can read it yourselves to see what it says...

http://www.squeaky.adsl24.co.uk/NewHome/HowToMove001.html

So that stat above, based on "populated" groups, is probably the best indicator of the state of things at the moment.

mike_paterson

RacyRed wrote: »

UPDATE 16.9.2009


At the moment the UK moderators are fighting a hard, painful battle to try to stop the parent organisation in the USA turning Freecycle into a faceless, uncaring, money making organisation.

This is not entirely true.

Some modsartors are fighting a battle.

The rest of the comments are pure rhetoric.

I speak as a Freecycle Group owner who is very involved with both sides of the argument!

Where there is a my.freecycle group, you will find that it has replaced the Freecycle group.


It is extremely unlikely that you will find a Freecycle group and a my.freecycle group.

Thought you should know this

Regards
Mike

mike_paterson

squeaky wrote: »

The freegle message maker is just fine. I know, because I wrote it :-)

Any mods reading who have never seen can view it and try it out here...

http://www.squeaky.adsl24.co.uk/HomePageStuff/MessageMaker/


None of the follow up links are done yet but I'm working on them. But a request for setting up will come to me and I'll happily sort it :-)

You get everywhere don't you?

Cheers
Mike

BBDom

mike_paterson wrote: »

You get everywhere don't you?

Cheers
Mike

:rotfl:So do you Mike :rotfl:

You're not going to start a heated debate on here are you ?

mike_paterson

BBDom wrote: »

:rotfl:So do you Mike :rotfl:

You're not going to start a heated debate on here are you ?

LOL - No i'm fed up with it all - far too draining and bigger fish to fry elsewhere!

squeaky

mike_paterson wrote: »

You get everywhere don't you?

Cheers
Mike

Been here five years. Served as a Board Guide on Old Style for a fair old length of time.

Been with Freecycle for more than four and was made up to Owner quite quickly.

Been looking after Message maker since 2007.

Both are cracking good sites and, each in their way, help me stretch my limited budget a whole lot further than it otherwise would go. As an example, my dishwasher finally gave up the ghost after nineteen years and I mentioned in passing to a fellow Freegle member that my hands were now permanently super clean - but wrinkled; and he told me that he had a spare. It was "only" a "fitted kitchen" type thing - but would it do? Naturally I grabbed it with both hands, nearly bit his arm off in fact :-)
So, yes, it doesn't "look" very pretty - but it's a Smeg!!!

Wow. :-)

Anyway, to answer your comment Mike... I'm in loads of good places :-)

gilligansyle

My local freecycle group is now part of freegle, although the name is LiverpoolRecycle.

As far as most of us are concerned there will be no difference?

Although I do like the idea that an offered post is deleted when there is a TAKEN, in an active group it is difficult to match up the offereds with the takens before contacting someone.