There’s a community on Facebook called Bunz. They’re about trading things you don’t need for ones you do.
Would there be interest in a thread or a dedicated community here? I’m suggesting a thread, too, because there’s obviously some advantage to locality.

  • Chais@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 year ago

    The app is basically dead, which is why I didn’t mention it. Also it’s irrelevant to the community’s core concept. And yes, the organisation had some major fuck-ups.
    You can see past posts and comments here, but you’re right, there are no direct messages (yet?) so Lemmy maybe isn’t the ideal platform to expand to, for now.

    • oneofthemladygoats
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      1 year ago

      Oh, I was just drawing a parallel to spez’s shenanigans there referencing the app and VC influence. I think the head mod on fb has to maintain good terms with the organization to continue using the Bunz brand, so I don’t fault them for not wanting to rock the boat. But just like with reddit, it’s the people that really make it the awesome space it is, that’s one of the things that PALZ really emphasizes and why I always advocate for them when I get a little snarky about Bunz lol.

      Maybe a trading meetup could be organized sometime in the future or something, I don’t know how feasible that might be but I could see this being a good platform for something like that, at least. Like a group trade yard sale of sorts.