CurbPin is a real-time, community-verified curbside discovery network. Almost everything you see in the app is user-generated: neighbors photograph items they saw on public streets and pin them for others. It stays useful when pins are timely and honest, and photos focus on the free item — not on people. Breaking these rules can hide a pin or close an account. Report problems from a pin’s page (or from the map preview). We aim to review reports within 24 hours.

Do

• Photograph the item or pile, from the street or curb.
• Drop the pin on that spot and add a street name.
• Verify a pin as still there, fetched, or gone when you know.
• Assume bulk-trash piles are first-come, first-served.
• Share items that appear safe and reusable.

Don’t

• Post items that are not actually free, or that are still on private porches.
• Upload sexual content, hate, or threats.
• Photograph people, children, or readable license plates / mail / IDs.
• Use the map to stalk, dox, or harass anyone.
• Spam fake pins or scrape the service.
• Post contaminated, hazardous, recalled, or visibly unsafe items as reusable giveaways.

Reuse responsibly

CurbPin helps useful items stay in use longer, reduces avoidable waste, conserves the resources already invested in them, and connects free goods with nearby people who can use them. Reuse is not appropriate for every item. Follow local recycling, hazardous-waste, and disposal guidance when something is unsafe or no longer usable.

Reporting and blocking

Every pin has Report and Block. Reporting hides the pin from you right away. Repeated or serious reports hide it for everyone. Blocking hides that person’s future pins from you. For urgent safety issues, contact local emergency services first, then email abuse@curbpin.com.