Comments on: Grist has lost the plot, literally http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/ Fighting for freerecyling Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:27:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: andyswarbs http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/#comment-557 andyswarbs Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:45:19 +0000 http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/#comment-557 Tom, Thanks for coming back on this. Then why does your article link to the TFN website? Explicitly it states "One of the best ways to give new life to your old belongings is through the Freecycle Network, an online community with chapters all over the U.S. and around the world, through which people offer up items they no longer want and other people happily snap them up. (Read an article about Freecycle's founding.)" The least your article could do is list a range of websites where people can find freecycling groups. If I was to suggest one other then http://freesharing.org/directory.php lists nearing a 1000 independent freecycling groups, and that goes worldwide. Andy Tom,
Thanks for coming back on this. Then why does your article link to the TFN website? Explicitly it states

“One of the best ways to give new life to your old belongings is through the Freecycle Network, an online community with chapters all over the U.S. and around the world, through which people offer up items they no longer want and other people happily snap them up. (Read an article about Freecycle’s founding.)”

The least your article could do is list a range of websites where people can find freecycling groups. If I was to suggest one other then http://freesharing.org/directory.php lists nearing a 1000 independent freecycling groups, and that goes worldwide.

Andy

]]> By: Mark http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/#comment-556 Mark Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:29:54 +0000 http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/#comment-556 I agree. I came to Grist tonight to express my outrage regarding the fcn plug on the Today show only to find that piece of trash they wrote expanding on their praises of fcn, their worldwide status etc etc with barely a mention of Craigslist and absolutely no mention of any other similar free groups. What happened to the REAL fcn they have written so much about in the past? They had a perfect opportunity to correct their error on the Today Show by playing down their mention of fcn in this article, or excluding them completely and including information about all the other great groups out there. Frankly I am dumbfounded as to why Grist would do such a complete and total flip completely ignoring all their previous articles about fcn. I agree. I came to Grist tonight to express my outrage regarding the fcn plug on the Today show only to find that piece of trash they wrote expanding on their praises of fcn, their worldwide status etc etc with barely a mention of Craigslist and absolutely no mention of any other similar free groups. What happened to the REAL fcn they have written so much about in the past? They had a perfect opportunity to correct their error on the Today Show by playing down their mention of fcn in this article, or excluding them completely and including information about all the other great groups out there. Frankly I am dumbfounded as to why Grist would do such a complete and total flip completely ignoring all their previous articles about fcn.

]]> By: Tom Twigg http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/#comment-554 Tom Twigg Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:12:23 +0000 http://freecycling.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/grist-has-lost-the-plot-literally/#comment-554 I will disclose up front that I work at grist.org. I am a little confused about your problem with the mention of freecycling ... it was not "TFN", it was "freecycle" ... meant to mean no more than sites or services that can match your surplus stuff with people who can use it. I myself have made use of my area's freecycle group on yahoo to find second lives for things that can be difficult to recycle like a television, DVD player and mattress. That was the message on the Today show feature, that there are alternatives to the landfill and traditional recycling if you have items that are still useable. What the hell is so wrong with that? The Today show appearances were meant to promote our new book "Wake Up and Smell the Planet", a means of reaching a broader audience than the grist website and its committed readers. Unless we can broaden the movement we might as well throw in the towel now. Give us a break. I will disclose up front that I work at grist.org.

I am a little confused about your problem with the mention of freecycling … it was not “TFN”, it was “freecycle” … meant to mean no more than sites or services that can match your surplus stuff with people who can use it. I myself have made use of my area’s freecycle group on yahoo to find second lives for things that can be difficult to recycle like a television, DVD player and mattress. That was the message on the Today show feature, that there are alternatives to the landfill and traditional recycling if you have items that are still useable. What the hell is so wrong with that?

The Today show appearances were meant to promote our new book “Wake Up and Smell the Planet”, a means of reaching a broader audience than the grist website and its committed readers. Unless we can broaden the movement we might as well throw in the towel now. Give us a break.

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