Nexteritis – Opposition to FcNext

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GROUP URL

DATE

CREATED

MBRS

AVG

POSTS

UNMOD

JOINS

UNMOD

MSGS

SELL

TRADE

PMA

VIABLE?

COMMENTS

01

AZ

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Mesa/

20051025

144

19

N

N

N

N

N

Y

02

CA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGivingButteCounty_CA/

20051015

34

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group; never was active since created in 2005

03

CA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bfree4all/

20040222

1601

222

N

N

N

N

N

Y

04

CA

http://www.california.recycle4free.com/

N

Invalid link/URL

05

CT

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Meriden-Wallingford_CT/

20070328

53

2

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

Highly questionable whether this is a viable group.  Almost no activity since created, then a sudden spurt of 6 postings this month

06

DC

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-WashingtonDC/

20060819

51

0

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group

07

FL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Tampa_FL/

20070429

102

19

N

N

N

N

N

Y

08

FL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CocoaBeach-CapeCanaveral-Fl-rCycle/

N

Invalid link/URL

09

FL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lakeland_alternative_freebies/

20050525

279

111

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Unusually high number of posts per member

10

FL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PAFBFreerecyclers/

20070420

148

17

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Posting activity dwindling to a trickle

11

FL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TitusvilleFl-rCycle/

N

Invalid link/URL

12

GA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlynnFreeShare/

20050213

8

0

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Completely unmoderated.  Anyone can post messages, even non-members.  Public message archive.  Accepts spam and junk mail postings.

13

ID

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/latahfreeexchange/

20040903

684

140

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

14

IL

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_Champaign-Urbana/

20051122

69

4

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Questionable.  Almost no activity.

15

IN

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anderson-FreeGiveAway/

20040315

438

44

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

16

IN

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LigonierRecycle/

20040905

33

5

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Questionable.  Very low member count and activity throughout 2.5-year history.

17

IN

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WarsawIndianaFoodshare/

20050808

76

1

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group

18

KS

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoodlandHand2Hand/

20041129

71

0

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group

19

KS

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hand2HandWichita/

20031116

4835

1490

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

Allows “contact” posts looking for people.

20

KY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-SouthCentral-KY/

N

Invalid link/URL

21

ME

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_Southern-Maine/

20051027

55

4

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Questionable.  Very low membership and activity throughout 2.5-year history.

22

MD

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Gaithersburg_MD/

20060816

59

3

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Questionable.  Very low membership and activity throughout 1.5-year history.  Only 57 postings in all of 2007, and 12 of them were almost certainly auto-sends.

23

MD

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Maryland-FreeGiveAway/

20041110

86

0

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.  86 members for MD statewide.

24

MA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MVFreeStuffNetwork/

20040423

620

23

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

25

MI

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chelsea_recycle/

20040419

882

140

N

N

N

N

N

Y

26

MI

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Recyclers_of_Belleville_MI/

20070125

16

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

27

MI

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Recyclers_of_Northville_Plymouth_MI/

20070124

19

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

28

MI

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Recyclers_of_waterford_whitelake_MI/

20070124

37

3

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Highly questionable.  One of a series of clones created in MI.  Very low membership and activity.

29

MI

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stclaircountymi_free_recycle/

20060530

22

6

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

Unmoderated joins and posts.  No postings in past 3.5 weeks.  Extremely low membership.  Only 7 postings in Jan. and Feb. combined.  Public message archive.

30

MN

http://www.twincitiesfreemarket.org/

Y

Custom web site.  Assumed legit.

31

MT

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/polsonfreeshare/

20060304

98

6

N

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Marginally active.  Public message archive.  Accepted a post recently asking for antique buy/sell info.

32

NJ

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingisGiving_GloucesterCamdenNJ/

20060223

307

29

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Disqualified for allowing “Misc/OT” posts for selling (yard sales) and charity fundraising requests.

33

NJ

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GivingTreeNJ/

20041029

531

40

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Disqualified for allowing selling (yard sales) posts.

34

NJ

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SussexCtyFreecycle/ pointer to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SussexCountyRecycle/

20050818

396

63

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

35

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGivingBuffalo_NY/

20050913

80

1

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  City of Buffalo – only 80 members in 2.5 years and almost zero activity.

36

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGivingClintonCountyNY/

20050208

24

1

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

37

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_Fulton-NY/

20051116

21

2

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

38

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-MadisonCounty_NY/

20060309

14

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

39

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-OswegoCounty_NY/

20060317

52

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

40

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGivingSchroonLakeNY/

20050211

44

3

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

Small town group.  Marginal.  Appears to have lost viability in 2006.

41

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGivingTiconderogaNY/

20040508

36

2

N

N

N

N

N

N

All but dead.  Small town doesn’t have population to sustain a group.

42

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-YatesCounty_NY/

20060317

13

0

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

43

NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RochesterNYReUseIt/

20031124

5469

2442

N

N

N

N

N

Y

44

NC

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_UnionCounty_NC/

20051015

108

14

N

N

N

N

N

Y

45

NC

http://main.nc.us/freecycling/forum/

200403

2386

Unkn

Unkn

Unkn

Unkn

Unkn

Unkn

N

BBS claims 2386 members in 14 counties, but has had a grand total of only 89 posts in four years.  Not a viable group.

46

OH

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Cincinnati_OH/

20060825

171

20

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Marginally viable; low membership and activity for a major city.

47

OH

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharingisgivingknoxcounty/

20080118

37

9

N

N

N

N

N

Y

New group only 2 months old.

48

OH

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FindlayOH_FreeShare/

20050409

39

5

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

Questionable.  Very low membership and very sporadic activity for three years.

49

OK

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-BethanyWarrAcres_OK/

20060815

54

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Only 38 postings in all of 2007.

50

OK

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Yukon_OK/

20060815

60

2

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Only 56 postings in all of 2007.

51

OK

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LawtonFtSillOKFreebies/

20050223

333

105

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Disqualified for encouraging selling (yard sales, bake sales) and charity fundraising posts.

52

OR

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/East-Multnomah-County-Sharing-is-Giving/

20050817

84

2

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Only 30 posts in all of 2007.

53

OR

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RogueValleyRecyclers-Medford/

20070518

1084

512

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

54

OR

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EugeneFreeRecycle/

20031020

2370

259

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Allows barter and borrowing.

55

OR

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/NewportOregonFreeShare/ pointer to: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LincolnCountyOregonFreeShare/

20040506

127

5

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

56

PA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BucksCounty_RecycleIt/

20070302

481

835

N

N

N

Y

N

Y

Interesting: 481 members averaging 835 posts per month on full moderation.

57

PA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YCPASIG/

N

Invalid link/URL

58

SC

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_Charleston_SC/

20051008

126

6

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Marginal.  Barely functioning as a group.

59

SC

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BeltonHoneaPathFreeshare/

20040829

138

6

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

Interesting: home page description gives copyright to Yahoo!

60

SD

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-BrookingsCounty_SD/

20060917

15

1

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

61

TN

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-GilesCounty_Tennessee/

20060831

18

2

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.  Never was active.

62

TN

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SIG-Savannah-TN/

20070515

17

4

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Questionable, but posting activity is high relative to tiny number of members.

63

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_Austin/

20050525

255

5

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Marginal; mostly inactive most of the time; only 1 post last month, none this month.

64

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-CopperasCove_TX/

20070321

24

6

N

N

N

N

N

N

Hardly ever any activity since created a year ago; no activity since Dec. ’07.  Never was a viable group.

65

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Hillsboro_TX/

20070807

33

4

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Marginal; barely active at all.

66

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SiG-McAllenEdinburgMission_TX/

20060807

28

2

N

N

N

N

N

N

Inactive group.

67

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving_Pearland/

20050225

584

98

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

68

TX

http://www.sarecycle.org/

Unkn

251

Unkn

Unkn

Unkn

N

N

N

Y

Custom BBS.  Assumed legit, but very low posting rate.

69

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGivingWichitaFalls/

20070716

98

49

Y

N

N

N

N

Y

70

TX

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kaufmanrecyclers/

20041129

278

6

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Dwindling activity; barely active for this member count.

71

TX

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Texas_Free_Stuff/ pointer to http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Just_Free_Stuff/

20040508

3082

101

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Not a geographically localized group.

72

VA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Woodbridge_VA/

20070731

48

2

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

Unmoderated joins and posts; inactive

73

VA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/H-burgVA_FoodShare/

20070120

2

0

N

N

N

N

N

N

Dead group.  Never was active.

74

WA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-PierceCounty_WA/

20060317

69

0

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Dead group.  Never was active.

75

WA

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreeHuntNorthPierceCounty/

20050101

9

0

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Dead group.  No activity since 5/05.  Yard sale fundraiser posts.  Public message archive.  Unmoderated posting.  For sale post.  LONG sob story with personal name and five phone numbers for a third party.  The last thing any conscientious directory owner would list.

76

WV

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SharingIsGiving-Lincoln_County_WV/

20061026

32

0

N

N

N

N

N

N

Dead group.  Never was active at all.