smurphy8536 t1_iwsogm2 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:28 AM

Reply to comment by arch_llama in Just discovered Buy Nothing - if you’re not familiar, take a look! by HairyPossibility676

Buy nothing started as a Facebook page. And it was their corporate structure caused the rift. Not against the concept but also not surprised they formalized it more.

arch_llama t1_iwspswy wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:39 AM

Oh you're saying the same group of people that started all the local buy nothing fb pages also make the app? I didn't realize that.

Now you have me curious. They have a .org domain but they are an incorporated with a trademark on Buy Nothing. What could their business model possibly be? I see they except donations but their apps look too polished to be funded by only that.

Weird.

smurphy8536 t1_iwssv24 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 2:03 AM

Yep. When JP’s original page hit some designated member count some admin from another state stepped in and said the group had be be split instead of just being all of JP. There was a lot of argument about classism given how segregated JPB is and they ended up making a rival group.