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Rooster
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Everything must be free; available in select locations
Read 11 Oct 2026 · therooster.co
On the record
- Audience
- Rooster describes itself as a place for neighbors to share and build human connections, and says its movement has grown to tens of thousands of members.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Availability
- Rooster says its beta is available in select locations, including communities in California, Oregon, Washington, and Austin, Texas.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Borrowing limitation
- Rooster says borrowing and lending are based on mutual trust and that there is no insurance or guarantee for lenders’ items.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Email notifications
- Typical email notification frequency is twice per week, and members can reduce it to zero.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Identity verification
- Rooster says it does not verify member identities and encourages members to use the service with care and responsibility.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Location privacy
- The FAQ says a member’s street address is visible only to that member and map pins cannot be associated with a specific user or exact location.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Post moderation
- A moderator reviews posts for compliance with community guidelines before approved posts become visible to Rooster members.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- The privacy policy says sensitive or credit information is encrypted using SSL, access to personal information is limited, and transactions are processed by a gateway provider rather than stored or processed on Rooster’s servers.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Rooster is a city community for neighbors to help, borrow, share, and get together for free.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Restrictions
- Rooster disallows selling, requests to buy, paid services, jobs, fundraising, and promotional posts.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security disclosure
- The privacy policy says Rooster does not use vulnerability scanning or PCI standard scanning and uses regular malware scanning.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Sharing categories
- Members can post about free items, skill exchanges, activity partners, volunteering, borrowing and lending, lost and found, free events, rides, advice, and other sharing related topics.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Rooster lists [email protected] as its contact email for questions.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
- Thank you notes
- Members can send thank you notes that appear on recipients’ profiles and on Rooster’s thank you wall and featured thank you notes area.therooster.co · read 11 Oct 2026
