Too Lenient on Freesharing
We received a criticism that we were too lenient in the use of the “legit” column in our Freesharing.org Survey. We admit that there were some cases where it did appear that a directory listing did not warrant a “Yes” in the “legit” column, but we gave them the benefit of some doubt, and called it in their favor. After all, the rate of junk listings was high enough on its own without giving it any help. Whether the number of junk listings was 60 or 65 percent doesn’t really matter much. The evidence in the survey leads to the same general conclusions.
We also received a request for clarification of what was meant in the “Comments” column by “typical SIG zombie.” Initially we called them “typical SIG clones,” but zombie seemed more fitting, in the sense that so many clone-like SIG groups are as good as dead, or as useful, but technically alive in some sense, too. But only in a narrow technical sense.
There was one more question posed by an inquiring mind: When will there be a survey of the Sharing is Giving directory?
In due course. We rather looked forward to first surveying the ReUseItNetwork directory because it will be such a pleasure to report on a quality-run network of serious freecycling groups. We don’t expect any of their directory entries to be junk listings. But their site is not used as an eyeball collector for money-making ads, either. It’s an all-volunteer, non-profit operation.
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