On 28 Aug 2012, at 14:15, Will McGugan <w...@willmcgugan.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk> 
> wrote:
> 
> On 28 Aug 2012, at 13:35, Will McGugan <w...@willmcgugan.com> wrote:
> 
> > Nice. I would like to see Freecycle run off flogthedogs. Have you seen 
> > Freecycle? Awesome concept, hideous interface.
> >
> 
> Last time I saw freecycle it was a very-high-traffic Yahoo groups mailing 
> list that you had to subscribe to to use. So I didn't even bother looking 
> this time round - but I did want to make it easy to give stuff away. Likewise 
> Craigslist in the UK is an equally bad user interface here as it is in the 
> US, but doesn't seem to be used much (particularly locally).
> 
> They revamped freecycle recently. It's no longer running off Yahoo groups. 
> It's still the same basic format though. The biggest problem I have with it 
> is that you still have to sign up to a particular geographical area. Your 'n 
> miles from my location' is more sensible.

Ah right, at least one step forwards then I hope - the *principle* of Freecycle 
is awesome. It's nice having a single place to list both stuff you're flogging 
and stuff you're giving away though.

Michael

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