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It's been brought to my attention that while #BuyNothing groups are pretty useful, they tend to exist mainly on Facebook. It'd be nice to have such a group for #WaterlooRegion here on the fedi as well.

I'd be happy to set one up, but if there's one that already exists, I'd rather use that than start from scratch. Is anyone aware of such a group here?

#KWAwesome #WRAwesome #Kitchener #Waterloo #Cambridge #Guelph

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

we've got a (so far) small signal group just to chat local stuff, buy nothing could definitely be a part of that. DM me if want a link.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I am not the nerd to answer that question but boosted this so hopefully somebody can.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I don't know that region, but I would definitely be interested in a worldwide Fediverse group like that! And one for my own region, if possible.
in reply to Quasit

@Quasit I thought about a global one, but worried it'd be a bit of a firehose with no real way of filtering.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

It seems to me that at current scale, we're unlikely to see a worldwide community on Mastodon that's overwhelming. And by the time such a community WOULD become overwhelming, I'd expect sub-groups to form - probably linked to the worldwide forum to allow users to select which areas they'd want to subscribe to.

Or maybe that should be a Lemmy thing. I don't know.

in reply to Court

@Court I did not know this. Does it still use Facebook as a backend?
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

@Court Also, now I wonder of setting up a group would open me up to trademark issues. I suppose I could pick a different name that conveys the same idea.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Another thing that was brought to my attention is freecycle.org. I don't know much about them yet, but they exist and seem to offer a similar type of service here.

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