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Waste Lines- A Line Drawn in the Sand

I imagine those who complain the loudest about changes within Freecycle are the ones that didn't want Beal to know that they were cherry picking the best of the offers in their groups. Sad but true. Why else would those people own more than one group and refuse to add co-owners and co-mods and want to run things their own way? And as nasty and vindicitive as those people are it's plain to see they aren't fighting for you or for me or for what's right. Instead they are out to help themselves. There will always be people who have to find something to complain about and people who are out for themselves. An organization such as Freecycle that has the potential to give away some pretty amazing stuff will of course attract the low-lifes of the world. Especially with the anonymity of the internet to hide behind.

I've seen so many complaints about Freecycle seeking sponsors and can't imagine what the problem is. Someone please show me an organization that can run on no money because I don't believe there are any. Waste Mgmt might not have had a wonderful image but it's been legally punished with fines and such and is working on cleaning up it's image. If they want to clean it up by associating with Freecycle so be it.

 How many organizations do you know that give as much freedom of choice as Freecycle does? Freecycle puts the least amount of restrictions on it's mods and members than any other non-profit group. I do think though that Freecycle would do best to get it's own website and leave those complaining yahoos behind.

Freecycle is a great concept and if it continues to grow it can become a way of life for millions of people. Imagine how that will impact the world.On As Freecycle grows, idealism and reality collide posted 4 years, 6 months ago 85 Responses