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**Gift Networks** | **Gift Networks** | ||
- | A gift network is a site (real or virtual) where people give gifts. These are mostly objects that are not going to be used by someone and therefore they are given away instead of selling or throwing them away. This behavior is called give and take in English, and freecycling when it comes to used objects. | + | A gift network is a site (real or virtual) where people give gifts. These are mostly objects that are not going to be used by someone and therefore they are given away instead of selling or throwing them away. This behavior is called give and take in English, and freecycling when it comes to used objects. There are mainly 3 types of gift networks: real spaces, virtual spaces and events. |
- | There are mainly 3 types of gift networks: real spaces, virtual spaces and events. | + | |
- | **Real spaces**\\ | + | **Real spaces** \\ |
Sometimes they are called free shops (give and take, free store or free shop in English, or also " | Sometimes they are called free shops (give and take, free store or free shop in English, or also " | ||
- | **Virtual spaces**\\ | + | **Virtual spaces** \\ |
They can be as simple as a phone chat group dedicated to the purpose. They can also be an app or a web page. Phonechat groups are the simplest to use and set up, but like FCNs in real spaces, they require some maintenance and dynamization by users or volunteers. With apps and webpages, it takes a bit more effort to teach people to use them but their management is more automated once we have put in the effort to dynamize our community to use them. | They can be as simple as a phone chat group dedicated to the purpose. They can also be an app or a web page. Phonechat groups are the simplest to use and set up, but like FCNs in real spaces, they require some maintenance and dynamization by users or volunteers. With apps and webpages, it takes a bit more effort to teach people to use them but their management is more automated once we have put in the effort to dynamize our community to use them. | ||
- | **The events**\\ | + | **The events** \\ |
They are often called [[https:// | They are often called [[https:// | ||
- | Many gift networks do not want their items to be resold or they want takers to explicitly say so if that is their intention. They implement techniques to minimize this possible abuse. Some do not care about what is done with the gifts. | + | Many gift networks do not want their items to be resold or they want takers to explicitly say so if that is their intention. They implement techniques to minimize this possible abuse. Some do not care about what is done with the gifts. In general, gift networks are the easiest to start because gifting is a behavior that is comfortable and simple for people. It is a more familiar action than, for example, lending something to a stranger or carpooling with a stranger. |
- | In general, gift networks are the easiest to start because gifting is a behavior that is comfortable and simple for people. It is a more familiar action than, for example, lending something to a stranger or carpooling with a stranger. | + | |
Here we organize the Gift Networks by where they can be found:\\ | Here we organize the Gift Networks by where they can be found:\\ | ||
[[https:// | [[https:// | ||
- | Canada\\ | + | [[https:// |
- | Catalonia\\ | + | [[https:// |
- | Chile\\ | + | [[: |
- | United States of America\\ | + | [[https:// |
- | France\\ | + | [[https:// |
- | UK\\ | + | [[https:// |
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+ | These following pages, although they may need to be updated, still contain many good links to active FCNs. [[http:// | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
- | These following pages, although they may need to be updated, still contain many good links to active FCNs. | ||
- | http:// | ||
- | http:// |
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