Freecycle is going downhill in a big way

[cjsmith]

I just got an "admin" post from our local list admin. He's laying down a big pile of rules about how not to use the word "freecycle" in a sentence.

Apparently, despite the fact that it seems to have been chosen for the closest possible resemblance to the word "recycle", it is *against the rules* to use it as a verb. Not only do they think they can enforce this, they think it's a good idea to try.

The last example indicates they don't want it to be a noun, either.

This is one of the strongest examples of "rules for the sake of rules, and for no other good reason" I've seen in a long time. All together now: SHEESH.

Let's just say if the Freecycle folks start kicking people out for recognizing the cleverness that THEY THEMSELVES STARTED with the choice of word, I'm going to start giving things away for free in a far less organized manner.

Comments

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true. I like the idea of giving stuff away, although I tend to think of stuff I don't use as useless crap, whereas stuff other people don't use is potentially useful crap. :) Although it tends to make the transition pretty easily once it's in my house. ;)

But I may check it out. We're getting ready to do some serious cleaning out of the storage area (especially since it's supposed to be something else) so we can do some work in there, so I may have to go through and see if there's anything someone else might be able to use. If nothing else, it will likely be a good blueprint for what needs to be done anyway.