Suggestion: Buy Nothing Type Forum

[Anonymous]

Having read about the history of this site in threads here, and understanding that there was more transaction traffic in the distant past, I wondered if a Buy Nothing type forum would work here.

Many people are skeptical/leery of the more mass-distributed Facebook, Craigslist, Buy Nothing ads. But I see that people will still create a user ID for a compelling non-fraudulent reason every once in a while.

Just a thought. I'm not in DMV.

[Anonymous]

You don’t live here but you want a Buy Nothing forum? Those only work when people are in the same area. And I haven’t seen a lot of leeriness towards existing Buy Nothing groups on FB.

[Anonymous]

You can always post in the ‘For Sale” forum. The threads get deleted as things are sold.

[Anonymous]

This isn’t Facebook. And folks like to stay anonymous here

[jsteele]

The DCUM website has never been much of a transaction website. You may be thinking of the mailing list. I am not sure the sort of forum you are proposing would work very well given that we are attracting users from such a wide geographic area now (including you apparently).

[Anonymous]

The point of buy nothing is to give and receive things locally. I’ve had no issues in the 2 dufferent groups I’ve been in for several years now. They work well.