Buy Nothing/sale group admins who get off on nonsensical 'rules'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. The people who volunteer to be administrators for this sort of thing, are the tiny percentage of people who care the most about that particular system and are therefore willing to donate their time. You will not get people who are chill about it, to volunteer countless hours of time to a chore they aren’t invested in. I tend to think, ok, if this person is willing to spend 10 hours a week making buy nothing work, so that I can use it to offload my crap reliably, then I’m willing to put up with their being a bit over the top because it goes hand in hand. If someone is being genuinely unfair as opposed to annoying, then I will provide that feedback once, but I’m also willing to walk away.

Here’s the thing: It wouldn’t be such a “chore” if they would calm the eff down. I’ve been a member of mine for several years, have given away more than 100 items and have picked up at least 10. Not once have I needed admin “help.” And I don’t really GAF if someone outside of our town limits is giving and taking. Who cares? Give the stuff away, get the stuff. It’s not that deep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:on my buy nothing people offer things and some people respond and the items is seemingly never given away. No response back from the offerer, it's very strage.

Maybe they’re simply privately messaging the first person who responded. I usually put a “Like” on the first response, then privately message.

[Anonymous]

Just put your stuff on the curb or on the neighborhood list serv. Who needs an admin?

[Anonymous]

In my experience, letting posts simmer longer than 8 hours, usually means whoever selected will more likely be a no show. The folks who really want the item and can pick up quickly are the ones who respond first. It’s not worth the hassle of going through 3 no shows to get rid of something I can just toss in the trash. Sorry not sorry admins… I’m going to speed gift almost every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. The people who volunteer to be administrators for this sort of thing, are the tiny percentage of people who care the most about that particular system and are therefore willing to donate their time. You will not get people who are chill about it, to volunteer countless hours of time to a chore they aren’t invested in. I tend to think, ok, if this person is willing to spend 10 hours a week making buy nothing work, so that I can use it to offload my crap reliably, then I’m willing to put up with their being a bit over the top because it goes hand in hand. If someone is being genuinely unfair as opposed to annoying, then I will provide that feedback once, but I’m also willing to walk away.

Here’s the thing: It wouldn’t be such a “chore” if they would calm the eff down. I’ve been a member of mine for several years, have given away more than 100 items and have picked up at least 10. Not once have I needed admin “help.” And I don’t really GAF if someone outside of our town limits is giving and taking. Who cares? Give the stuff away, get the stuff. It’s not that deep.

In other words, you have contempt for the job they are doing. So why should they care about your opinion? Moderating a community takes a lot of ongoing effort. You claim to have never needed help, but someone approved your request to join, didn’t they? They screen posts as well. These are tasks most people wouldn’t want to do. So yeah, it’s still a chore even if you’re doing the bare minimum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, letting posts simmer longer than 8 hours, usually means whoever selected will more likely be a no show. The folks who really want the item and can pick up quickly are the ones who respond first. It’s not worth the hassle of going through 3 no shows to get rid of something I can just toss in the trash. Sorry not sorry admins… I’m going to speed gift almost every time.

That may be true, but you can still let the post “simmer” and then “randomly” choose one of the first people. That’s what I have always done. I actually click to see who is active in the group and that gives a better indication they will pick up on time. And pick one of those people. But my posts still appear to be “compliant”