BuyNothing 17+

I love buy nothing, whenever I’m declutterring I try to move as much stuff through it as I can instead of just trashing or unloading to goodwill. I will continue to use it and continue to support as much as I can. Obviously this is not a for-profit business and it’s expensive and time-consuming to develop a well-functioning app, but I wish the devs would SUPER PRIORITIZE fixing the messaging system. Please add a notification sound!! Please make the background process work better so notifications come through consistently!! The number of times I’ve kept people waiting because they were outside my apartment building and I didn’t realize is frustrating, and it’s always because I didn’t get notified of their message

I never write reviews because most of the time an app doesn’t warrant me enough to do so; however, I really do love this app and the concept and I want to see the developers follow through on what it means to have community. I’ve gotten to meet some really wonderful people, but god the constant crashing, loading circle of doom, freezing, being forced to log in only to be logged out some time after, and so forth—complete bootycheeks. I’ve never wanted to bang my head against a wall so much until I came across this app. And I know I’m not the only one, so, whatever the developers are doing, please, I beg of you: fix this app. Don’t disappoint the good people that utilize this tool by skipping out on quality.

Also, a “repost” function would be incredibly useful so people don’t have to copy and paste a whole new post. Especially for those who have multiple items, it’s time consuming and could be much quicker.

I’d really love to change this rating, so I hope you’re reading this and taking it into consideration. It really is a great app, but my patience is wearing thin from how much it has persisted.

This app is great for getting rid of things in my house that no longer serve any purpose. I feel much more comfortable knowing that:

1.) All these things are free. People give and receive on a basis of pure want and need. Nothing is motivated by profit.

2.) Nothing is being wasted. I’m not donating clothes to goodwill for them to exploit disabled people for profit, these things aren’t going to a dump… everything will continue to be used until the absolute last moment!

I would appreciate if the messaging and commenting system were a bit snappier. I get stuck on random loading bits sometimes that are annoying. The inbox also glitches out and shows other people’s messages together.

Other than that, I want more people to use this!