Throw Another Epilogue On The Fire (fresh kelly) (hexbear.net)

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[-] gramxi@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

I walk by a handful of little free libraries on the way to work and I've never seen any books taken out. They honestly seem like slightly more elaborate "IN THIS HOUSE" lawn signs.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago

Theyre good places to leave propaganda, I heard.

[-] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

They are basically not self-sustaining. People will use them as places to dump actual literal trash books out of some misplaced belief that destroying books is wrong so they're doing good by passing it along. Actual good books will be taken. So they deteriorate monotonically over time, therefore whenever you walk by one it's a near certainty that all the books are entirely garbage.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

A neighbor of mine has one and it actually got used as intended when they first put it up, but I feel like once the novelty wears off they're just so limited in scope that they become a lawn decoration.