{"id":16204,"date":"2014-02-06T09:41:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T15:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16204"},"modified":"2014-02-06T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T15:41:14","slug":"collaborative-consumption-app-peerby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/collaborative-consumption-app-peerby\/","title":{"rendered":"New Collaborative Consumption App Aims to Better Socialize Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You may look at that title and think “Um, Jeff, sharing is inherently social… isn’t it?” Traditionally, yes: a neighbor asks to borrow your lawnmower, a cup of sugar, etc., in person. Ironically, though, an awful lot of sharing economy<\/a> start-ups decrease or even eliminate the social aspect of sharing: even in peer-to-peer situations, companies create means of accessing cars<\/a>, bikes, \u00a0or tools in a manner that doesn’t require the owner’s presence. That’s convenient, no doubt, and I expect it’s a trend we’ll continue to see in this space. But it also focuses the interaction on the object being shared, and makes building a relationship between owner and user difficult.<\/p>\n

Daan Weddepohl, the founder of Dutch sharing start-up Peerby<\/a>, told Collaborative Consumption<\/a> that he loves technology and people… and he wants his offering to not just reduce consumption of items that neighbors could easily borrow from one another, but to also bring those neighbors together. To get a sense of how peerby works (and it is different from most other sharing companies), take a look at this short video they created:<\/p>\n