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Rippling out

Jacky — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:07:12 GMT

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	Over time, analysis of how quickly and where posts were effectively successful highlighted that that way of presenting posts wasn't the most efficient at getting maximum freegling. So, in June 2026 the website and app adopted a different way of distributing posts - rippling out. This was announced on Central on 21st June 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/rippling-out/9808]]		Over time, analysis of how quickly and where posts were effectively successful highlighted that that way of presenting posts wasn't the most efficient at getting maximum freegling. So, in June 2026 the website and app adopted a different way of distributing posts - rippling out. This was announced on Central on 21st June 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/rippling-out/9808]]

	The short version is that posts become visible to people gradually, starting with those closest and spreading outwards over time. ~~The time periods used are broadly~~, there are outward steps at these points: 1h, 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 72h, 120h (5d), 168h (7d).		The short version is that posts become visible to people gradually, starting with those closest and spreading outwards over time. Broadly, there are outward steps at these points: 1h, 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 72h, 120h (5d), 168h (7d).

Wiki Reports

Jacky — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:12:15 GMT

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	'''2026'''		'''2026'''

	January 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-31st-january-2026/9371]] - February 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-28th-february-2026/9462]] - March 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-31st-march-2026/9536]] - April 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-30th-april-2026/9640]] - May 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-31st-may-2026/9765]]		January 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-31st-january-2026/9371]] - February 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-28th-february-2026/9462]] - March 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-31st-march-2026/9536]] - April 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-30th-april-2026/9640]] - May 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-31st-may-2026/9765]] - June 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/wiki-report-30th-june-2026/9846/1]]

Rippling out

Jacky — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:33:56 GMT

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	Since the beginning of Freegle, offer and wanted posts were posted out on the group they were posted on. The idea was to keep things local and there were varying rules across Freegle groups on cross posting and group boundary eligibility.		Since the beginning of Freegle, offer and wanted posts were posted out on the group where they were posted. The idea was to keep things local and there were varying rules across Freegle groups on cross posting and group boundary eligibility.

	Over time, analysis of how quickly and where posts were effectively successful highlighted that that way of presenting posts wasn't the most efficient at getting maximum freegling. So, in June 2026 the website and app adopted a different way of distributing posts - rippling out. This was announced on Central on 21st June 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/rippling-out/9808]]		Over time, analysis of how quickly and where posts were effectively successful highlighted that that way of presenting posts wasn't the most efficient at getting maximum freegling. So, in June 2026 the website and app adopted a different way of distributing posts - rippling out. This was announced on Central on 21st June 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/rippling-out/9808]]
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	Links:		====Links:====

	[[ModTools]]		* [[ModTools]]



	[[category:ModTools]]		[[category:ModTools]]

ModTools

Jacky — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:32:12 GMT

Misc Admin

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	This is an option that can be seen only by those who [[Support Tools]] access. It is a set of tools that allow some national teams/roles to have access to more detailed information to help them carry out their role.		This is an option that can be seen only by those who [[Support Tools]] access. It is a set of tools that allow some national teams/roles to have access to more detailed information to help them carry out their role.


	===SysAdmin===		===SysAdmin===

	System administration information about regular background work and details of emails and digests sent out across the system.		System administration information about regular background work and details of emails and digests sent out across the system.

			===Rippling===

			Rippling is the method that member's posts are sent and shown to other members. This section on Modtools offers an interactive map of how rippling affect each postcoe/address across the UK. See [[Rippling out]] for more details.

	===Settings===		===Settings===

Rippling out

Jacky — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:46:48 GMT

What this means in practice:

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	Links:		===Rippling Out - A Guide for Moderators===


			=====The one big "please don't"=====
			Don't reject a post just because it looks "out of area"
			With rippling out, a post that started on a neighbouring community can appear on your community, even if the poster lives some distance away (by default it arrives already approved; see below). That is expected and correct. It means the system is deliberately spreading a post that has not been collected locally so your members get a chance at it.

			Only reject it for the usual reasons - spam, breaks the rules, wrong sort of thing, and so on. "They're not from round here" is no longer a reason to reject.

			=====The same applies to replies=====
			If someone replies to a post from outside what you think of as your area, that is the system working as intended. Do not ban or block a member simply because they replied to a post you think is out of their area.

			=====How posters appear in your community=====
			When a post ripples into your community, the poster is automatically joined as a full Member/Approved. This is intentional - moderators need to be able to contact posters and moderate their posts in the usual way, so they must be real members.

			====What this means in practice:====

			You can contact the poster, moderate their post, and use all the normal moderation tools, exactly as you would for any other member.
			The poster appears in your member list.
			Your community's member count may include rippled members.
			The join is recorded with reason 'Rippled' in the membership log, so you can distinguish it from a manual or organic join if you need to.
			What you will see that is new:

			=====Posts arriving from other communities=====
			Some posts on your community will have started on another community and rippled into yours. You will see a small notice on the post making this clear ("This post has rippled in from a neighbouring community").

			A post only ripples after it has already been approved on the community where it started, so it has already been vetted. We therefore do not make it sit out a full review again. With the default settings it is approved on your community straight away - it appears among your approved posts with the rippled-in notice, not in your pending list. You can still reject it for the usual reasons (spam, breaks the rules, wrong sort of thing) - see "Rejecting a rippled-in post" below.

			(If your instance is configured with a mod-veto window - RIPPLE_RIPPLED_IN_PENDING_HOURS set above zero - a rippled-in post instead waits in your pending list for that many hours and auto-approves if nobody rejects it first. Either way, "they're not from round here" is never a reason to reject.)

			=====A reach/map view on posts=====
			On posts in your moderation screens there is a "View rippling reach" button (with a map-marker icon) that shows you on a map the area a post is currently visible in. This is useful for checking how far a post has spread or why it turned up on your list.

			=====A reminder when you edit a shared post=====
			If you edit a post that is on more than one community, you will see a warning:

			"This edit will apply to the post on all N groups it appears on."

			(N is the actual number of communities the post is on.) Edit as normal - just be aware your change is seen everywhere the post appears.

			=====Held replies in Chat Review=====
			Occasionally a reply is held because the post has not yet rippled out to where that member is. Chat Review shows you it is held because of rippling (not because you chose to hold it). You do not need to do anything - the reply is released automatically once the post reaches that member's area, or once the post has finished spreading as far as it will go, so no reply is ever held indefinitely. Members are never shown this reason; only moderators see it.

			====When a poster leaves your community====
			If a poster leaves your community (or is removed), their rippled-in post is pulled from your community automatically. The post continues to appear on all other communities where it was approved. The poster is not re-added to your community, even if the post carries on rippling elsewhere.


			====Email settings for rippled members====
			For your awareness, when a poster is auto-joined to a community via rippling, their email settings for that community are set as follows:

			'''Immediate email - downgraded to daily digest'''

			'''Daily digest or no emails - preserved exactly as-is'''

			'''Community events and volunteering]'''- copied from their home community settings (no extra emails).
			The poster receives one bundled intro email explaining all of this, rather than a separate welcome email from each community they were joined to.

			Because rippling moves more members onto the daily digest and joins them to more communities, those digests can gather posts from several communities at once. The daily "What's New" email therefore lists up to around 65 posts, to avoid being clipped by email providers like Gmail. If there are more, it shows the first batch with a link to browse the rest, and the subject line says simply "What's New" instead of a post count.

			====Repost reminders and chase-ups happen once per item====

			Freegle reminds a poster shortly before it auto-reposts their item ("Will Repost: ...") and, once reposting is exhausted, chases them up to ask what happened ("What happened to: ..."). Under rippling a single item can be live on several communities at once, but the poster still gets one reminder and one chase-up per cycle - not one per community. Whatever they do in response (mark it taken, withdraw it, or promise it) applies to the item everywhere it has rippled, so one email is enough to settle it.

			Behind the scenes the item is still reposted on each community independently, so it stays near the top of every local browse list - that part is invisible to the poster and costs them no extra email.

			====The spam-flag and "seen on many groups"====

			Rippling joins a poster to multiple communities. This does not trigger the "seen on many groups" spam review flag. Ripple-joins are excluded from that count, so a poster whose item has rippled widely will not be incorrectly flagged as a spammer.

			====Rejecting a rippled-in post====
			If you reject a post that rippled in from another community, two things happen:

			The poster is not told. They posted to their own community and the post is still visible there. A faraway community saying "not for us" is not something they need to hear about.

			The post stops showing in your community's area. It carries on being visible everywhere else it has been approved. Your rejection simply trims your patch off the map.
			A secondary rejection is low-stakes: it quietly removes the post from your area and nobody is upset. Use it if a post genuinely is not suitable locally - but not simply because the poster is from out of area.

			====Rejecting or removing a post on its home community====

			This is different from a secondary rejection above. When a post is rejected, deleted or withdrawn on the community it was originally posted to (its home community), it is no longer a live offer anywhere - so:

			It is pulled from every community it had rippled into, automatically. You do not have to chase it around the neighbouring communities; removing it at home cleans it up everywhere it had spread.

			It stops spreading. Its rippling is halted, so it will not appear on any further communities.
			This is exactly what you want when you catch spam or a rule-breaking post on its home community: dealing with it once removes it everywhere, instead of leaving live copies sitting on the neighbouring communities it had already reached.

			The poster is also removed from any community they had been auto-joined to only to carry that post (i.e. where they have no other posts). They keep their home community and any community where they have other activity, and - because this is a tidy-up rather than them choosing to leave - a later post of theirs can still ripple into those communities normally.

			====TrashNothing posts====
			TrashNothing posts are currently (30.6.26) not rippled out into new communities. TrashNothing still cross-posts an item to several Freegle communities itself, so rippling deliberately stays out of its way to avoid the same item appearing twice. They behave on your community exactly as they always have. This exclusion is temporary - once TrashNothing posts to a single origin community, those posts will ripple like any other.

			====What to expect from members====
			The main thing members may ask you about is "why can't I reply to this post?" The answer is reassuring:

			The post has not rippled out to your area yet. It is being shown to people closest to it first. As soon as it reaches you, you will be able to reply - you do not need to do anything.

			Members on immediate emails may also notice they get an alert when a post that started on a neighbouring community ripples close enough to reach them. That is expected: they get one immediate alert per such post, the moment it reaches their area - exactly as they would for a post made directly on the community. If they would rather not, they can switch that community to daily digest in Settings.

			Some members may also ask why they have been joined to communities they did not sign up for. The answer is that their post has been travelling to reach more people, and the membership is what makes replies and contact work properly. They can leave any of those communities in Settings, which will remove their post from that community.

			====The two habits to build====
			*Do not reject a post just for being out of area - that is the system working.
			*Do not ban a member just for replying from out of area - same reason.
			Everything else about your day-to-day moderation routine stays the same.

			====Reference: what the 'Rippled' log entry means====
			The membership log shows reason='Rippled' for any join created by rippling out. This is purely for provenance and audit - you do not need to do anything with it. It lets us distinguish ripple-joins from manual or organic joins, and it is used internally to suppress the per-group welcome email (replaced by a single bundled intro) and to exclude these joins from the "seen on many groups" spam check.


			Links:

	[[ModTools]]		[[ModTools]]

Publicity tools

Jacky — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:29:10 GMT

QR codes and short links

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	This page lists the (technical) publicity tools available to group volunteers and members.		This page lists the (technical) publicity tools available to group volunteers and members.

	==QR codes and short links==		==[[QR Codes\|QR codes]] and short links==

	Freegle-branded QR code generator (restricted to use by signed-in moderators):		Freegle-branded QR code generator (restricted to use by signed-in moderators):

Rippling out

Jacky — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:27:36 GMT

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	Links:		Links:

	[[~~Modtools~~]]		[[ModTools]]



	[[category:~~Modtools~~]]		[[category:ModTools]]

Rippling out

Jacky — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:26:28 GMT

Created page with "Since the beginning of Freegle, offer and wanted posts were posted out on the group they were posted on. The idea was to keep things local and there were varying rules across Freegle groups on cross posting and group boundary eligibility. Over time, analysis of how quickly and where posts were effectively successful highlighted that that way of presenting posts wasn't the most efficient at getting maximum freegling. So, in June 2026 the website and app adopted a diffe..."

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Since the beginning of Freegle, offer and wanted posts were posted out on the group they were posted on. The idea was to keep things local and there were varying rules across Freegle groups on cross posting and group boundary eligibility.

Over time, analysis of how quickly and where posts were effectively successful highlighted that that way of presenting posts wasn't the most efficient at getting maximum freegling. So, in June 2026 the website and app adopted a different way of distributing posts - rippling out. This was announced on Central on 21st June 2026 [[https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/rippling-out/9808]]

The short version is that posts become visible to people gradually, starting with those closest and spreading outwards over time. The time periods used are broadly, there are outward steps at these points: 1h, 3h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, 72h, 120h (5d), 168h (7d).

Links:

[[Modtools]]

[[category:Modtools]]

ModTools

Jacky — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:34:41 GMT

Messages

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	==Messages==		==Messages==
	If you need extra message templates to deal with any member messages, see [[Sample Messages]] for ideas. See [[Postcodes]] for an explanation of how the website handles postcode and location information in posts.		If you need extra message templates to deal with any member messages, see [[Sample Messages]] for ideas. See [[Postcodes]] for an explanation of how the website handles postcode and location information in posts. See [[Rippling out]] for an explanation of how posts are disseminated.

	====Pending====		====Pending====

Publicity tools

Neville Reid — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:20:29 GMT

QR codes and short links: only the generator is to be restricted

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	This page lists the (technical) publicity tools available to group volunteers and members.		This page lists the (technical) publicity tools available to group volunteers and members.

			==QR codes and short links==

	= Current active posts for your group =		Freegle-branded QR code generator (restricted to use by signed-in moderators):
			* https://www.ilovefreegle.org/qr/

			Shortlinks for each community, including ready-made QR codes to download:
			* https://www.ilovefreegle.org/shortlinks

			== Current active posts for your group ==

	This tool lists the currently open OFFER and WANTED posts for a group, divided by category and OFFER/WANTED.		This tool lists the currently open OFFER and WANTED posts for a group, divided by category and OFFER/WANTED.
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	* [https://direct.ilovefreegle.org/modtools/groupitems.php?groupid=49 Penrith and Eden District Freegle active posts]		* [https://direct.ilovefreegle.org/modtools/groupitems.php?groupid=49 Penrith and Eden District Freegle active posts]

	= Weight stats for your group =		== Weight stats for your group ==

	Freegle Direct estimates how much has been saved from waste for each item successfully Freegled. This tool lists the weight saved per month for a while group, eg:		Freegle Direct estimates how much has been saved from waste for each item successfully Freegled. This tool lists the weight saved per month for a while group, eg:
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	The start and end parameters are in the form YYYY-MM-DD eg 2015-04-01.		The start and end parameters are in the form YYYY-MM-DD eg 2015-04-01.

	= Map stats for your group =		== Map stats for your group ==

	Freegle Direct attempts to work out the map location of each post (with the group centre as the default).		Freegle Direct attempts to work out the map location of each post (with the group centre as the default).
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	[[category:Publicity]][[category:Freegle Direct]]		[[category:Publicity]]
			[[category:Freegle Direct]]

QR Codes

Jacky — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:55:09 GMT

Where do I get one?

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	====Where do I get one?====		====Where do I get one?====
	You can copy and paste them in to a banner or leaflet, anywhere where it is easier to point a device than to jot down a website address.		You can copy and paste them in to a banner or leaflet, anywhere where it is easier to point a device than to jot down a website address.


			'''June 2026'''

			You can generate your own Freegle QR code at http://ilovefreegle.org/qr use any URL, no tracking.

			also - https://www.ilovefreegle.org/shortlinks/ has a new Download QR button, which gives a QR code for all groups that have shortlinks, and these are tracked when used.

	====How should I use it?====		====How should I use it?====

Quote Bank

Jacky — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:06:26 GMT

Unusual and interesting Freegles

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	*A couple lived in a maisonette and were emigrating to Australia. Four doors away unknown to them a young lady moved in to her maisonette with nothing but a primus stove and a blow up mattress. The couple were taking nothing but clothes with them and were off to live with their son so they wanted in the space of a few days to recycle on the group EVERYTHING in the property. The woman contacted the group about putting a wanted on for basically anything as she had nothing. To cut a long story short she had been in her place a couple of days and done nothing to it. So the locla moderator got both parties and the council together and with their agreement she moved into the property becoming vacant the day they moved out and hers became vacant again in exactly the condition she had as when she had moved in. No work for the council with any refurbishment of either property, nothing down the tip, she even took over their Canary. It was the ultimate in recycling. It all happened within the space of a week.		*A couple lived in a maisonette and were emigrating to Australia. Four doors away unknown to them a young lady moved in to her maisonette with nothing but a primus stove and a blow up mattress. The couple were taking nothing but clothes with them and were off to live with their son so they wanted in the space of a few days to recycle on the group EVERYTHING in the property. The woman contacted the group about putting a wanted on for basically anything as she had nothing. To cut a long story short she had been in her place a couple of days and done nothing to it. So the locla moderator got both parties and the council together and with their agreement she moved into the property becoming vacant the day they moved out and hers became vacant again in exactly the condition she had as when she had moved in. No work for the council with any refurbishment of either property, nothing down the tip, she even took over their Canary. It was the ultimate in recycling. It all happened within the space of a week.
	*"Someone asked for a diamond engagement ring on our group as she had lost hers while gardening and wanted to 'propose' a marriage blessing to her husband of 15 years. Co-incidentally I had found a beautiful engagement ring in the mud at the local park and even with the help of the police and local shop windows never found the owner. After 6 months it had become legally mine so I gave it to her in exchange for an afternoon's gardening. It felt very right somehow. The ring was never really mine and this way she got her new ring through gardening just as she lost her old one. (plus I had some NASTY ground elder!) "		*"Someone asked for a diamond engagement ring on our group as she had lost hers while gardening and wanted to 'propose' a marriage blessing to her husband of 15 years. Co-incidentally I had found a beautiful engagement ring in the mud at the local park and even with the help of the police and local shop windows never found the owner. After 6 months it had become legally mine so I gave it to her in exchange for an afternoon's gardening. It felt very right somehow. The ring was never really mine and this way she got her new ring through gardening just as she lost her old one. (plus I had some NASTY ground elder!) "
	*"Someone tried to post a 'Wanted' for a pianist for their am dram show in aid of the RAF Association (their only pianist was ill). I was modding at the time, and had to reject it, however I felt sorry for them, so I phoned a friend who happened to be a piano teacher in the hope that she might be able to find someone to help them, I thought perhaps one of her students might do it. Well they ended up with a former West End pit piano player! I went to see the show and put a review of it on http://www.qsulis.~~demon.co~~.uk/Reviews/Sams_Bar.htm "		*"Someone tried to post a 'Wanted' for a pianist for their am dram show in aid of the RAF Association (their only pianist was ill). I was modding at the time, and had to reject it, however I felt sorry for them, so I phoned a friend who happened to be a piano teacher in the hope that she might be able to find someone to help them, I thought perhaps one of her students might do it. Well they ended up with a former West End pit piano player! I went to see the show and put a review of it http://www.qsulis.org.uk/Reviews/Sams_Bar.htm "

1. What is Freegle

Jacky — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:42:05 GMT

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	Find out more about the Membership of Freegle here: [[Freegle Membership]]		Find out more about the Membership of Freegle here: [[Freegle Membership]]

	Organigram of the interesting and unique structure of Freegle: https://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/images/Freegle_Organigram_v6bt_Jul13.pdf		Organigram of the interesting and unique structure of Freegle: https://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/images/Freegle_Organigram_v6bt_Jul13.pdf - although this does need updating!

	*[[1.2 Freegle Objects]]		*[[1.2 Freegle Objects]]
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	*[[1.5 Our strategic objectives]]		*[[1.5 Our strategic objectives]]
	*[[1.6 Public Benefit]]		*[[1.6 Public Benefit]]
			https://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/index.php?title=1._What_is_Freegle&action=edit
	Link: [[Director Handbook]]		Link: [[Director Handbook]]

	[[category:1.Introduction to Freegle]]		[[category:1.Introduction to Freegle]]

ModTools

Jacky — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:34:02 GMT

Support

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	===Volunteering===		===Volunteering===
	Posts asking for Volunteers can be reviewed here before publication. See [[Reach Volunteering]] for the link we have with them.		Posts asking for Volunteers can be reviewed here before publication. See [[Reach Volunteering]] for the link we have with them.

	~~===Publicity===~~
	~~This page used to present Facebook posts that were produced for the [https://www.facebook.com/Freegle national Freegle page], facilitating easy sharing to individual community Facebook pages.~~

	~~The most popular post on a community was also offered here daily to share on Facebook. The idea is to get interest from those not currently freegling to go to the website and have a look.~~

	~~Both of these semi-automated options were broken by Facebook in 2024, and the Publicity option in ModTools is currently empty. See "~~
	[[Freegle_Direct_-_Why_You_Should_Add_Facebook#Promoting_national_posts_on_Facebook\|Promoting national posts on Facebook]]" and "[[Freegle_Direct_-_Why_You_Should_Add_Facebook#Promoting_national_posts_on_Facebook\|Promoting local items on Facebook]]" for workarounds, which unfortunately require more manual intervention.

	===Admins===		===Admins===
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	You can see the chronological logs of activity on your community - select your community and then messages or members to see a list. Or you can search for individual messages or members.		You can see the chronological logs of activity on your community - select your community and then messages or members to see a list. Or you can search for individual messages or members.

			===Images===

			Our system generates AI images for posts that don't include a photo or other image. Any images flagged by volunteers as needing regeneration can be reviewed and replaced, where needed, here.

	===Support===		===Support===

	This is an option that can be seen only by those who [[Support Tools]] access. It is a set of tools that allow some national teams/roles to have access to more detailed information to help them carry out their role.		This is an option that can be seen only by those who [[Support Tools]] access. It is a set of tools that allow some national teams/roles to have access to more detailed information to help them carry out their role.


			===SysAdmin===

			System administration information about regular background work and details of emails and digests sent out across the system.

	===Settings===		===Settings===

Spammers

Neville Reid — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:00:05 GMT

Chat Review: Spam button in chat only trains the filter, see https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/chat-reviews/9656/59

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	Click on View Chat to see why the system has highlighted this chat.		Click on View Chat to see why the system has highlighted this chat.
	A member may have included a telephone number, an email address or a website link for illustration which is fine. An offer to pay petrol money for an item to be taken to them is not suspicious and is a local community decision. In such instances you can approve the chat.		A member may have included a telephone number, an email address or a website link for illustration which is fine. An offer to pay petrol money for an item to be taken to them is not suspicious and is a local community decision. In such instances you can approve the chat.
	If you would rather the intended recipient does not see the chat then click Delete. If the chat is definitely spam then click Spam.		If you would rather the intended recipient does not see the chat then click Delete. If the chat is definitely spam then click Spam; this deletes the message, and trains the spam filter. (It does not generate a report to the spammer list team; to do that, report the member from the member page.)
	Use of the Approve and Whitelist button is as for the Whitelist button on Approved members.		Use of the Approve and Whitelist button is as for the Whitelist button on Approved members.

Glossary

Jacky — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:15:10 GMT

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	*FSC - Finance Sub Committee		*FSC - Finance Sub Committee
	*Firefox - A web browser alternative to Internet Explorer (IE)		*Firefox - A web browser alternative to Internet Explorer (IE)
	*Freegle - Freegle Ltd
	*Freegle Direct - the interface provided on the website for members of groups to use		*Freegle Direct - the interface provided on the website for members of groups to use
	*Freegle ~~Ltd~~ - the association/network of affiliated groups (not the individual groups themselves)		*Freegle - the association/network of affiliated groups (not the individual groups themselves)
	*Freegle Member- a voting, paid up member of Freegle Ltd		*Freegle Member- a voting, paid up member of Freegle Ltd
	*Freegle UK - the previous unincorporated association/network of affiliated groups		*Freegle UK - the previous unincorporated association/network of affiliated groups

1. What is Freegle

Jacky — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:48:13 GMT

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	The majority of those working in Freegle communities and nationally are volunteers. Volunteers come together to form a mutually supportive network. As a grassroots organisation, all volunteers are encouraged to take part in discussion and decisions.		The majority of those working in Freegle communities and nationally are volunteers. Volunteers come together to form a mutually supportive network. As a grassroots organisation, all volunteers are encouraged to take part in discussion and decisions.

	To participate fully in national decisions and to support the organisation, Membership of Freegle ~~Ltd~~ is an option for all volunteers. Membership gives voting rights and entitlement to be elected as a Director on the Board.		To participate fully in national decisions and to support the organisation, Membership of Freegle is an option for all volunteers. Membership gives voting rights and entitlement to be elected as a Director on the Board.

	The Board comprises persons appointed to perform the duties of directors of the Society, primarily by Member election.		The Board comprises persons appointed to perform the duties of directors of the Society, primarily by Member election.