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How the Buy Nothing Movement Imploded

Story of the Week with Joel Stein

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The Rise and Fall of Buy Nothing

Buy Nothing went from nothing in 2013 to 4 million members during the pandemic. They added about a million members during that first period of the pandemic because people were staying home and not going to stores. So they ended up just scrapping the idea and giving all the money back and continuing to grow on Facebook. People were sharing like masks and over-the counter medications and pandemic related things too and supporting each other.

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