Rippling out
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 [[1]]
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).
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