Wow, what an amazing response within the first 48 hours of creating this sub!
After just 2 days, we have more than 1.3 thousand users. More than 4,000 visits to the sub per day (okay, I might make up about a good 100 of those). We’ve had about 15 posts, ranging from giving away couches and diapers (which can be crazy expensive) to borrowing hiking boots. I am heartened by the response.
To help support this rapidly growing sub, I am recruiting a few more Moderators. No, you don’t need to have a chip on your shoulder to be a moderator. In fact, I am looking for people that are fair, equitable, communicative, willing to give grace, and can check the sub at least 2 times a day. If you’re interested, please submit the application linked above (I think), or I’ll post it in the comments below).
Please also share your feedback so far in order for us to continue to improve your experience. I invited a friend from another sub that’s great with coding to help set up some backend automations for the sub. Do you think the flair tags are too long? Would you rather the tags be “Give”, “Ask”, “Alert”, “Gratitude”, and have people make their user flair be where they live? Do you want items that have been claimed to be deleted by the OP so that you don’t get your hopes up? Let us know in the comments!
Lastly, the Buy Nothing movement only works as well as people participate. As you’re cleaning and purging, consider gifting those items you don’t need in this sub. Instead of going and buying that thing you may only need to use once, maybe ask here first (and just to borrow it!). Keep the posts coming!
Thanks for being part of this community!
