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What is Diduno?

Summary

Diduno is a website that gathers every cheap, discounted and free offer for students with a .edu email, in one place. It starts with Temple University, Main Campus, in Philadelphia.

The name is read as "Did you know?" The headline is "Diduno your .edu gets you all this?"

The problem it solves

Many students never claim free or discounted things because they don't know they exist. Most find them by accident. Diduno puts them in one place so you can look first.

What does Diduno cover?

1. Digital perks: software, streaming and subscriptions your .edu email unlocks, such as the GitHub Student Developer Pack, Spotify Premium for Students, Figma Education and Grubhub+ Student.
2. Things on and around campus, on the Campus Map in nine categories: Food & Groceries, Essentials & Support, Health & Wellness, Recreation & Fitness, Study & Tech, Career & Money, Arts & Entertainment, Sports & Tickets and Local Deals. Local Deals has nothing listed yet and shows "Soon".

What can I do on Diduno?

• Browse and search Perks: free and discounted software, streaming and more.
• Open the Campus Map to see free and cheap places around Temple's Main Campus, plus what is happening right now in its Live view.
• Share a find: tell other students about something free or cheap on campus right now, such as leftover pizza at a club table.
• Use the Forum to give things away, ask for what you need, or set up a meetup.
• Plan ahead with the Events.
• Read the student chats on Home, and send messages once you sign in.

Browsing needs no account. Sign in with your school Microsoft account to share finds, post in the Forum and send chat messages.

Who is Diduno for?

Students with a .edu email. Right now the campus content is for Temple University, Main Campus. Anyone can open the site, and most digital perks are not tied to one school.

Who makes Diduno?

Diduno is an independent student project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Temple University, and it is not run by the companies whose offers it lists.

What makes it different?

• One clean list with duplicates removed, built from several maintained sources.
• A map of verified free and cheap places on campus.
• Finds: signed-in students post what they see on campus right now, and others confirm or end them.

Is Diduno free?

Yes. There is no price, paywall or subscription.

Name and branding

The product is called "Diduno". The logo shows "Did" in maroon and "uno" in dark blue. It was once called "Did. You. Know .Edu".

Getting started and finding your way

Quick start

1. Open the Home page. Press Open the map for places on campus, or browse digital perks for software and streaming deals.
2. Use search and filters on Perks to narrow things down.
3. Always confirm price and eligibility on the official page before you sign up for an offer.

Pages

The layout on every page

• Top left: the Diduno logo. Click it to go Home.
• Top: the campus chip, "Temple University · Main Campus".
• Top right: Sign in. After you sign in it becomes your picture.
• Side menu: Home, Campus, Forum, Events and Perks. "Campus" opens the Campus Map.
• Bottom of every page: links to Help, Privacy, Terms, Cookies, Your privacy choices, Accessibility, Copyright, Disclaimer and Credits, and a note that Diduno is an independent student project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Temple University.

Folding the side menu

Press Fold navigation to make the side menu narrow; it then shows short labels. Press Expand navigation to open it again. Diduno remembers your choice in your browser.

Choosing a campus

Diduno covers one campus for now, Temple University, Main Campus, and picks it for you. You don't need to choose anything. More campuses are planned.

Using Diduno on a phone

Diduno works in your phone's browser. A short bar stays at the top with the logo and Sign in (or your picture), and tabs stay at the bottom: Home, Campus, Forum, Calendar and Resources. You can add it to your home screen from your browser's menu.

Light and dark

Diduno is always light. If you sign in, you can choose Dark in Settings. Diduno never switches by itself to match your device's dark mode. The map itself stays light.

Keyboard and screen readers

A Skip to content link sits at the very top of every page for keyboard and screen reader users.

Do I need an account?

No. You can browse everything without signing in. Sign in with your school Microsoft account to share finds, post and reply in the Forum, send chat messages, and have a profile and settings.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Diduno is a website. Open it in any modern browser. If you like, add it to your home screen from your browser's menu (Share, then Add to Home Screen on iPhone; Install app on Android) and it opens like an app.

How do I search?

Use the search box at the top of every page (press / or Ctrl+K / ⌘K on a keyboard to jump to it). It finds pages, perks, places, events, Forum posts and Help answers, and, when you are signed in, other students by name. Pick a result to open it, or use the chips at the top of the list (Perks, Places, Events, Forum posts, Students, Help, Pages) to search just one kind. Press Enter, or See all results, for the full results page: every match, chips with counts to show one kind (for example only students), and Sort by (Best match, Newest, Oldest, A–Z, Z–A, Low to high, High to low). Only the sorts that make sense for what is shown appear, so students have no price sort.

How do I save something for later?

Tap Save (the star) on a perk, place, event or Forum post. Signed in, everything you saved is in the Saved section of your profile: click your name at the bottom of the side menu, or hover it and pick Saved. Other signed-in students see that list on your profile unless you turn it off in Settings, under Privacy. Without an account, saves stay in this browser on the Saved page (hover Sign In to find it); when you sign in they move to your account. A saved event that ends, or a perk, place or post that is removed, drops off your list on its own.

Home page

What is on the Home page?

From top to bottom:

1. Headline: "Temple University, Main Campus", then "Diduno your .edu gets you all this?" and "Every cheap, discounted, and free thing for students, in one place."
2. Buttons: Open the map (the Campus Map), Live on campus (the map's Live view) and Events, plus a link to browse digital perks.
3. Live on campus and Coming up, side by side on a wide screen and stacked on a phone.

• Live on campus shows the top rows of the Campus Map's Live view: finds students shared, pinned Forum posts, and events from 30 minutes before they start. Open Live on the map opens the full view.
• Coming up lists the next events on Temple's calendar, with date, building and cost. Open the Events page opens the calendar.
• Both update by themselves while the page is open.

1. Trending digital perks: six perks students are looking at, saving and opening most this week (all-time favourites fill in when a week is quiet, then well-known picks). On a phone they sit in one row you swipe sideways. See all opens Perks.
2. What's out there: one row for each of the nine map categories, each with its icon and a count, then a Digital perks row. A category row opens the Campus Map filtered to that category. A category with nothing in it yet says "Coming soon" and isn't a link.
3. Student chats: the GroupMe chats (see the student chats topic).

Is "Live on campus" real?

Yes. Events come from Temple's official calendar and appear 30 minutes before they start. Finds are shared by signed-in students and appear the moment they are posted. Other students confirm or end them, so check the time left before you walk over.

How does Trending work?

Diduno counts, per day and without knowing who you are, how often each perk's details are opened, how often its Get it link is followed, and how often it is saved. A save counts most, then a click out, then a look. Trending ranks the last seven days. No names, accounts or IP addresses are stored with the counts.

Why does Local Deals say "Coming soon"?

Diduno only lists offers it can confirm. No local business deals have been verified yet.

Perks page

What is it?

The Perks page lists free and discounted software, streaming, tools and other perks for students. Open it from the side menu ("Perks") or the "browse digital perks" link on the Home page. It has several hundred offers, with duplicates removed. You do not need an account or a chosen campus.

The page says: "Prices and eligibility can change, so confirm on the official page before you sign up."

How do I find an offer?

Search

Use the box labeled "Search perks" (hint: "Try Spotify, cloud, or textbooks"). It searches offer names and offer descriptions.

Category tabs

Under the search box are tabs: All, Learn, Build, Create, Work, Entertainment, Everyday. Pick one to see only that group. Smaller category chips then appear (with counts) so you can narrow further.

• Learn: Online Courses & Learning; Study Tools & Exam Prep; Writing & Research; eBooks & Reading; Languages & Translation; Science & Engineering Software.
• Build: Developer Tools; Website & App Deployment; AI Assistants & Tools; Data & Analytics; Security & Privacy.
• Create: Design & Presentations; Video & Audio Creation; 3D & Game Development.
• Work: Productivity & Notes; Collaboration & Teams; Cloud Storage; Career & Job Search.
• Entertainment: Movies & TV Shows; Music; Games; Sports; Live TV; Live-streaming.
• Everyday: Food & Delivery; Shopping & Tech; Travel; News; Health & Wellness; Finance & Student Aid; Other Perks.

Filters

On a phone, tap the Filters button (sliders icon) beside the search box to open a sheet from the bottom with Offer type, Sort by, Sources and Expand sources on every perk. A small number on the button shows how many filters are on. Show N perks closes the sheet and Clear all resets the filters. The rest of this section describes the computer layout. Click "Filters" to open two checklists. Each has All, Clear and Reset buttons.

• Offer type: Free or Discount.
• Free means it costs nothing to keep.
• Discount covers free trials, "then $" prices and "% off" deals.
• Sort by: Featured (the default order), Newest, Oldest, A–Z, Z–A, Low to high, High to low. Newest and Oldest go by the day Diduno last confirmed the offer on its official page; perks without that date come last. Low to high and High to low go by the monthly price in the offer (free first or last); offers with only a percentage off or a credit come last either way.
• Sources (folded by default; press its title to open it, the title shows how many are on): which lists the offer came from (Diduno checked, AI Student Discount, Student Discount Hub, Awesome Edu Perks, Discount for Student Dev, Student Dev Perks).

On a computer the Filters button shows how many boxes are unchecked. "Reset everything" clears search, category and filters.

Order of results

There is no sorting option. Offers that Diduno checked by hand come first, then offers from the other sources.

What does an offer card show?

• A Free or Discount badge, the offer name and a short description of the deal.
• Who it is for (eligibility), for example "Verified students" or "School email".
• Its categories near the bottom, one line per group, such as "Build · Developer Tools, Website & App Deployment", each with the group's icon.
• A "Get it" link that opens the official page in a new tab.
• A foldable "Sources" list (with a count) showing which lists include the offer, with links and check times. It is folded by default. Open one tile by tapping its Sources line.

Page settings (the cog)

On a computer the cog button at the top right of the list, beside the perk count and above the search box, opens Page settings. It has Expand sources on every perk (off by default, so each perk's sources are folded on its tile and in its detail view) and Show perks from, the same source choices as the Sources filter. Both are saved in your browser on that device and also appear in Settings under "Perks page", so changing one place changes the other. On a phone there is no cog: Expand sources on every perk is in the Filters sheet and in Settings.

Click a tile (anywhere except "Get it" or Sources) to open that perk in a near-full-page detail view: what it is, an About line taken from the official page's own description, who it is for, its categories, a "More details" list with extra notes from the lists it appears on, a "Get it" link, and its sources at the bottom, folded unless the setting is on. Close it with the X, the Esc key, or a click outside it. When you open the sources on one tile, every tile in the same row opens too, so the tiles stay the same height.

What does "Check the official page" mean in eligibility?

Diduno could only confirm eligibility by hand for its own checked offers. For offers from other lists, the card says "Check the official page", so look at the provider's page for the rules. Offers with no description say "Student offer. See the official page for details."

Which offers does Diduno check by hand?

The source labeled "Diduno checked" is a hand-curated set of about 29 popular offers, such as GitHub Student Developer Pack, JetBrains, Microsoft Azure, AWS Educate, Figma, Adobe, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Premium, Hulu, Peacock, Grubhub+, DashPass, Uber One, Amazon Prime, Walmart+, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Amtrak. Its last check date is shown on the card.

How current is the list?

The page shows when its sources were last checked. Times are Eastern. The list refreshes once a day (early morning Eastern) from its sources, but the website only shows the new data after it is redeployed, so the date shown is the last update that reached the site. Offers marked as ended are dropped and links that fail repeated daily checks are hidden.

An offer link is broken or an offer ended. What do I do?

Check the provider's own site; deals change often. If a link fails several daily checks, Diduno hides it automatically. You can tell the team (see the contact topic).

Why can't I find a specific offer?

Diduno only lists offers it found in its sources. Try a shorter search word, switch to the "All" tab, press "Reset everything", and make sure no Source or Offer type boxes are unchecked. If you see "No perks match that search", try another word. If you see "No offer types selected" or "No sources selected", check at least one box in Filters.

Does Diduno make money from these links?

Diduno skips sponsored placements and affiliate links when it collects offers. The "Get it" button goes to the official page.

Can I add an offer?

There is no submission form yet. Suggest one to the team (see the contact topic).

Campus Map

What is it?

The Campus Map shows free and cheap things around Temple University's Main Campus on a map, with a list beside it. Open it from Campus in the side menu, or Open the map on the Home page.

It has two layers, switched by the Live and Places buttons at the top of the list. Both are on at first, so the map shows everything. You can turn one off, but not both.

• Places: standing places that Diduno checked, such as Cherry Pantry or the Student Center Game Room.
• Live: what is happening right now. Finds that students shared, pinned Forum posts, and events from 30 minutes before they start until they end. Events further away are on the Events page, linked under the list.

Finds are quick and expire. For giveaways, requests and meetups, use the Forum.

On a phone the map fills the screen and the list sits in a panel at the bottom. Swipe it up to see the list, or tap the top of the panel to move between the map and the list.

What do the map symbols mean?

Every marker is a round icon with its own colour. The icon shows the kind of thing there, and, once you zoom in far enough, the building name appears as small text under it. Names are hidden when they would overlap another icon or name, and show again when you hover over or focus a marker.

• A single-colour circle is one kind of thing (for example a fork and knife on orange for food).
• A split circle (a pie) means a building holds several kinds of things. Each slice is one kind, with its own icon and colour. A small number in a white badge on the circle counts everything inside. For example, Howard Gittis Student Center shows slices for food (Cherry Pantry), essentials, recreation and arts (The Reel Cinema).
• A pie that covers an area (no building name, "things in this area") groups several nearby buildings. Click it to zoom in; it splits apart as you zoom.
• A red ring means the marker is selected.

The nine categories

Upcoming events use the same categories, so a concert shows as Arts & Entertainment and a work-study workshop as Career & Money. Events are labelled "Event" with their date.

How do I use it?

1. Click a marker. A card opens above it (on a phone, a sheet slides up) with the building name and everything there. Each item shows its category, cost, who it is for, hours or date, a Source link and a Directions link. Source opens the official page. Directions opens Google Maps.
2. Press the expand button in the card's header to make the card bigger. The bigger card adds "About this building" with a short description, the address and a link to the building's Temple Now page, plus each place's and event's own description. Press it again to make the card small.
3. Click a marker that covers an area to zoom in on it.
4. Close the card with the X button, the Esc key, or a click anywhere outside it. On a phone you can also swipe the sheet down.
5. Use the category chips over the map to filter. You can pick several at once. All clears the filter.
6. The list always matches the map: it follows the layers and categories you chose. Click a row to zoom to it and open its card. Hover over a row to highlight its marker.
7. On a computer, the arrow button at the top right of the list makes the list bigger, next to a smaller map. Clicking a row there opens the same big card. Press the button again to go back.
8. In the Live layer, Include cost unconfirmed (on at first) shows events whose cost is unknown. Uncheck it to hide them.
9. Zoom with the plus and minus buttons, your mouse, trackpad or fingers. The house button resets the view to campus. The location button finds you; your browser asks first, and the map still works if you say no.

The Home page links straight to filtered views. For example, the Food & Groceries row opens the map with only that category.

Sharing a find

In the Live layer, press Share a find to tell other students about something free or cheap on campus right now. See the finds topic.

Which places are on the map right now?

Fifteen hand-picked places, each with a link to the official source:

Cherry Pantry hours: Monday and Thursday 10 am to 5 pm; Tuesday and Wednesday 10 am to 7 pm; Friday 10 am to 2 pm. Hours can change, so check the official page.

What are the events on the map?

Events come from Temple's official events calendar (Temple Now) for the next two weeks. They are in-person, on Main Campus and open to students or the public. Each event shows its date and time, building, a cost badge and a "Source" link to the event page.

Cost badges on events:

• Free: the event description says it is free.
• A dollar amount, such as $5 or From $8: the event text or its ticket page lists a price.
• Ticketed, see link: the event has a ticket page but Diduno could not read a price.
• Cost unconfirmed: the calendar does not state a cost. Check the event page. They show by default in the Live layer; uncheck "Include cost unconfirmed" to hide them.

Events appear in the Live layer only, from 30 minutes before they start until they end. Events in the same building share one marker. Each find is its own marker with a time-left ring. Events further away are on the Events page, and they appear in the Live layer 30 minutes before they start.

Where do the descriptions come from?

Nothing in the expanded card is written by Diduno from memory; each description comes from a named source.

• Building description ("About this building"): a short passage from the Wikipedia article "Campus of Temple University", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The card names Wikipedia, says the licence and links to that section of the article. Some buildings have no passage there (the Biology-Life Sciences Building, Conwell Hall, Paley Hall and the Tuttleman Learning Center), so those cards show the address and links only.
• Address and "Temple Now page": from Temple's official Temple Now location pages.
• Place description: the description on the place's own official page.
• Event description: the summary on the event's page in Temple's calendar.

Descriptions are refreshed daily with the rest of the map data. Always check the official page for current details.

How current is the map?

The bottom of the page says "Places checked on [date]." Once a day, Diduno re-reads each place's official page to confirm it still says what the map says, and refreshes the events list. If a page stops matching twice in a row, that place is hidden until it is fixed. Each card says "Last checked [date]". Hours are not refreshed automatically.

Why is "Local Deals" empty?

Diduno does not list a deal until it can confirm it, so the chip shows "Soon".

Why does "Career & Money" have no standing places?

No career office or money-help service has been verified yet. The category holds career and money events from the calendar for now.

Why don't I see a restaurant or store near me?

The map only lists places Diduno has verified, mostly run by Temple. Student discounts at local businesses are coming later; no current list of them could be confirmed.

The map says "Loading campus map…" or "Map tiles unavailable."

The first message appears while the map loads. If you see "Map tiles unavailable," the map background could not load, usually because of your connection. Refresh the page and try again.

Does the map have reviews or photos?

No. There are no reviews or photo uploads on the map yet.

What map data does Diduno use?

The basemap is © OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap. Category icons are from Lucide. The places list is curated by Diduno.

Does the map cover other campuses?

Not yet. It covers Temple's Main Campus only; other campuses are planned.

Can I add a place or a pop-up?

You can share a pop-up (free food, a giveaway, a discount happening now) as a find: turn on the Live layer and press Share a find. For something that lasts longer, such as a giveaway or a meetup, post in the Forum. Standing places are still chosen and checked by Diduno.

Student chats (GroupMe)

Where are the chats?

At the bottom of the Home page, under Student chats. There are two GroupMe groups. Anyone can read them; no account is needed.

The two chats

Diduno @ Temple University GroupMe

• A chat where students can read and post. Messages go into the Diduno GroupMe group.
• To send, sign in with your school Microsoft account. Signed out, the chat shows Sign in to send instead of the message box.
• Type your message and press Send or Enter. Shift+Enter makes a new line.
• Your message is posted under your first name and last initial, followed by "(via Diduno)". You don't type a name.
• Open in GroupMe opens the group's invite page so you can join in the GroupMe app.
• The chat updates by itself every few seconds and shows the latest 50 messages. If you scroll up and new messages arrive, a "new messages" button takes you down.

Free food/stuff at Temple 2.0

• A large Temple GroupMe group about free food and free stuff.
• It is read-only on Diduno: "Read-only here. Join the group in GroupMe to post." Diduno never posts into it.

What the chat shows

The first name, message text and pictures from GroupMe. Avatars and user IDs are not shown.

Chat rules and limits

• Messages: up to 900 characters, not empty, and no links. To share a link, post it in GroupMe itself.
• You can send up to 5 messages a minute. If you hit the limit you'll see "Too many messages. Wait a minute and try again."
• The chat is public. Don't share personal or sensitive information.
• Be kind and follow the Community rules (section 8 of the Terms). Diduno doesn't check messages before they appear and doesn't endorse them.

What data does the chat use?

Your account's first name and last initial go with your message to GroupMe. Diduno counts recent messages per account to stop spam; the counts expire within a day. Diduno does not store chat messages; they stay in GroupMe under GroupMe's own terms, and Diduno can't delete them from other members' devices. Links are blocked. Chat images load straight from GroupMe, so GroupMe sees your IP address when they show.

Chat messages you may see

• "Not connected yet. This chat will show up here once it's set up." The chat isn't available on the site right now.
• "Can't reach the chat. Trying again…" A short connection problem; it retries by itself.
• "No messages yet." The chat is connected but empty.
• "Type a message first." The message box was empty.
• "Links can't be sent from Diduno. Post them in GroupMe itself."
• "Messages can be 900 characters at most."
• "Sign in again to send messages." Your sign-in ran out; sign in again.
• "This account can't send messages." The account was banned for breaking the rules.
• "Couldn't send. Try again." The send failed; try again in a moment.

Do I need GroupMe?

No. You can read on Diduno without GroupMe, and send once you sign in. Joining the group in GroupMe is optional.

Sign in and accounts

Can I create an account?

Yes. Diduno uses Sign in with Microsoft, and your Temple Microsoft account (the one ending in .edu) is your Diduno account. There is no separate password and no sign-up form. Your account is created the first time you sign in.

How do I sign in?

Press Sign in at the top right of any page. Microsoft's own sign-in page opens, where you use your school email and password. Diduno never sees your password. After signing in you come back to the page you were on. The sign-in screen asks you to confirm that you are 18 or older and agree to the Terms (including arbitration) and the Privacy Policy. Diduno is for adults in the United States.

Do I need an account?

No. You can browse everything without one. Signing in lets you:

• share finds on the Campus Map, and mark finds Still there or Gone;
• post, reply and claim in the Forum;
• send messages in the student chats;
• have a profile and choose your settings.

Can I sign in with a personal Outlook, Hotmail or Gmail account?

No. Only Temple's school Microsoft accounts work. With any other account Diduno shows "That account isn't a school account" and creates nothing. Diduno doesn't check whether you are currently enrolled.

What does Diduno store about me?

Your name, school email, profile picture (copied from Microsoft when your account is created), profile address, the department your school lists, home campus, any studies you enter, appearance setting, the date you joined and when you last signed in. For moderation Diduno also keeps Microsoft's hidden account ID and your school's ID, so a ban follows the person. The hidden IDs are never shown to other students; only Diduno admins can see them. Your Microsoft password and sign-in tokens are not stored. Sessions last 30 days. The Privacy page has the full list, and the Cookies page lists the sign-in cookies.

What does the top right look like after I sign in?

The Sign in button becomes your profile picture (your initials if you have none). Click it to open your profile. On a computer, hovering it opens a short menu: Your profile, Saved and Settings. Sign out is in Settings.

Who can see my profile?

Signed-in students can see your profile: picture, name, school email, school, any studies you added (major, minor, school or college, graduation year), home campus, join date and your saved items (turn the saved list off in Settings, under Privacy). Your school email is already in Temple's directory and Outlook contacts; showing it keeps everyone accountable. Visitors who are not signed in can't see profiles, and search engines don't list them. Profiles are visible so everyone stays accountable for what they post. Profiles of banned accounts are hidden.

What is on my own profile?

• Your picture, name, school email (every signed-in student sees it), school (Temple University, from your school email) and join date.
• Change picture and Remove picture, under your picture.
• Your studies: optional major, minor, school or college (for example Fox School of Business) and graduation year. Microsoft school accounts don't carry these, so you add them. If your school's Microsoft account lists a department, it shows as your college until you enter one.
• Saved: everything you starred, grouped into perks, places, events and Forum posts.
• Home campus, where you can set or change it.
• A Settings button.

What is a home campus?

The campus your account belongs to. It shows on your profile. Only Temple University, Main Campus is available today, so Diduno picks it for you.

Can I change my name?

No. Your name comes from your Microsoft school account and refreshes each time you sign in.

How do I change my profile picture?

Open your profile and press Change picture, then choose an image. Diduno crops it to a square and shrinks it. PNG, JPEG and WebP work. Remove picture goes back to your initials.

What is on the Settings page?

• Perks page: the same settings as the cog on the Perks page (expand sources, which sources to show), saved in this browser.
• Appearance: Light or Dark. Diduno starts in Light and never follows your device's dark mode setting. Your choice applies wherever you are signed in.
• Your data: Download my data gives you a JSON file of your account, finds, Forum posts, saved items and corrections, with links to Your privacy choices and the Privacy Requests page.
• Sign out.
• Delete account, in the red box at the bottom.

How do I sign out?

Open your profile, press Settings, then Sign out.

How do I delete my account?

Open your profile, press Settings, then Delete account in the red box. Type the word delete to confirm. This permanently removes your account, picture, settings, finds, votes, Forum posts, replies, claims, flags, saved items and sessions. It can't be undone. Moderation records are kept (your hidden Microsoft ID, school email, the action and the reason), so a ban can't be undone by signing in again. Messages you sent to GroupMe stay there. You can also email [email protected] from your school address. You can sign in later, which starts a new account.

Will I get emails from Diduno?

No marketing or newsletters. Diduno has no email system and sends no automatic email. It writes from [email protected] only to answer you, or about your account or a privacy or copyright request.

Is my .edu email verified?

Microsoft confirms you own the school account when you sign in. Diduno doesn't check enrollment. Each offer's provider verifies you on its own page.

Troubleshooting

• "That account isn't a school account": sign in with your Temple Microsoft account, the one ending in .edu.
• "Sign in didn't work": try again. If it keeps failing, contact the team (see the contact topic).
• My picture didn't change: use a PNG, JPEG or WebP image. Very large or damaged files are rejected.
• A profile link asks me to sign in: profiles are only visible to signed-in students.

Campuses and coverage

Which schools does Diduno cover?

Right now only Temple University, Main Campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the proving ground for Diduno. More universities and campuses are planned.

What is Temple-specific and what is not?

• Temple-specific: the Campus Map and its Live view, finds, the Forum, the Events page and the Home page chats.
• Not school-specific: the Perks list. Most digital perks work with any valid student status or .edu email, though each provider sets its own rules.

I go to a different school. Can I use Diduno?

Yes. You can open the site and browse Perks. Signing in needs a Temple Microsoft account for now, and the campus content covers Temple only.

When will my school be added?

There is no date yet. Diduno is expanding after Temple.

Is Diduno run by Temple?

No. Diduno is an independent student project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Temple University.

Does the .edu email have to be from Temple?

For digital perks, the provider decides which schools qualify. Check the official page behind the "Get it" button. To browse Diduno you need no email. To sign in you need a Temple school Microsoft account.

Eligibility and your .edu email

Why does a .edu email matter?

Many student offers are unlocked by proving you are a student. A school email ending in .edu is a common way to do that. Diduno gathers offers aimed at students with a .edu email.

Will my .edu email get me every offer automatically?

No. Each company sets its own rules. Some accept any .edu email. Some need a verification step with a student-verification service or a school login. Some require current enrollment, proof such as a student ID or transcript, or a specific school. Some are for students and educators, some only for students.

How do I check whether I qualify?

1. On the Perks page, open the offer card and read the eligibility line.
2. Click Get it. This opens the official page, where the real requirements and the sign-up steps are.
3. If the card says "Check the official page", Diduno could not confirm the rules itself, so the provider's page is the only reliable source.

Does Diduno verify my student status?

No. Diduno does not verify anyone. The provider of each offer verifies you when you sign up with them.

I don't have a .edu email. Can I still use Diduno?

Yes, you can browse everything on Diduno. Some offers may accept other proof of student status. Check the offer's official page.

What about free trials?

In the Offer type filter, trials count as Discount, not Free, because they may become paid. Read the terms on the official page, including when the trial converts to a paid plan.

What if an offer says "Verified students"?

It means the provider checks enrollment, often through a verification service, when you sign up.

Does Diduno give advice on which offers to pick?

No. Diduno lists offers and their details. It does not give financial advice. Compare prices and terms on the official pages.

Data sources and accuracy

Where do the digital perks come from?

From two kinds of sources:

1. Diduno checked: a hand-picked set of about 29 popular offers that Diduno reviewed itself. Each shows when it was last checked.
2. Five community lists: AI Student Discount, Student Discount Hub, Awesome Edu Perks, Discount for Student Dev and Student Dev Perks. Three are lists maintained publicly on GitHub and two are student-discount websites.

How are the lists combined?

Diduno merges all sources into one list and removes duplicates by name, link or brand. If an offer appears on several lists, its card shows every source.

How often is it updated?

Once a day, automatically, early in the morning Eastern time. Two of the community sources (AI Student Discount and Student Discount Hub) refuse automatic requests from Diduno's cloud runner, so their offers are refreshed by hand when the team runs the update from a normal connection; until then Diduno keeps their last known offers, and the page's "checked" time for them can be older than the rest. The website shows the new data after it is redeployed, so there can be a delay. The Perks page shows when its sources were last checked.

What gets removed?

• Offers with "ended" in their name.
• Entries without a secure (https) link.
• Community links that fail two or more daily checks.
• Sponsored placements and affiliate links.

Categories with fewer than two offers are folded into "Other Perks".

How accurate is it?

Only the roughly 29 "Diduno checked" offers are reviewed by hand. Offers from community lists are not individually verified, which is why every page says to confirm price and eligibility on the official page. An offer can end, change price, or change who qualifies at any time.

What if I find a wrong or outdated offer?

Check the official page first. Then use Wrong info? on the offer or place, or email [email protected], so it can be fixed. Notes you send are kept; if you were signed in, the link to your account is removed when you delete your account. An offer that ended on one list may still appear from another list until all lists drop it.

Are map places verified?

Yes. Every hand-picked place on the Campus Map links to its official source. Once a day Diduno checks that the page still says what the map says, and the map shows when it was last checked. A place whose page fails the check twice in a row is hidden. Upcoming events come from Temple's official events calendar, refreshed daily; the calendar has no cost field, so Diduno reads the cost from the event text or ticket page and otherwise shows "Cost unconfirmed".

Where do map descriptions come from?

Building descriptions are short passages from the Wikipedia article "Campus of Temple University" (CC BY-SA 4.0), with the licence and a link shown on the card. Addresses and "Temple Now page" links come from Temple's official Temple Now location pages. Place and event descriptions come from the official page of that place or event. Diduno refreshes them daily and does not write them from memory.

Are finds real?

Finds are shared by signed-in students, and Diduno doesn't check them before they appear. Other students can mark a find Still there or Gone, and three flags hide it until a moderator reviews it. Check the time left before you walk over. The events in the Live view and on the Events page are real, from Temple's official events calendar. The group chats are real GroupMe conversations, written by students, and Diduno does not check what people post.

Does collecting offers involve my data?

No. Diduno gathers offers, places and events from public sources on its own servers. Nothing about you is sent to those sources. The Disclaimer page (linked at the bottom of every page) explains that listings can be wrong, and the Credits page lists the sources, map data and licences.

Does Diduno guarantee any deal?

No. Diduno is a directory, not the seller. The company that runs each offer decides its terms.

Privacy, cost and safety

Is Diduno free?

Yes. There is no price, subscription or paywall. Some offers Diduno links to cost money or turn into paid plans; the provider sets those terms on its official page.

Does Diduno sell anything?

No. Diduno skips sponsored placements and affiliate links when it collects offers.

What information does Diduno collect?

The Privacy page (/privacy), linked at the bottom of every page, has the full list, and the Cookies page (/cookies) lists every cookie and browser storage key. Diduno is for adults aged 18 or older in the United States. In short:

• Without an account: Diduno keeps no profile of you. Your browser keeps a few small choices on your device, such as the theme, campus, the list or calendar view, saved items and whether the side menu is folded. Diduno never receives them. Vercel, the host, sees every request, including your IP address. Vercel Web Analytics counts page views without cookies. If you send a Wrong info? note, Diduno keeps its text. Perk views, link clicks and saves are counted per day with no name, device or IP address.
• With an account: your name, school email, profile picture, profile address, the department your school lists, home campus, studies you enter, appearance setting, when you joined and when you last signed in, plus Microsoft's hidden account and school IDs for moderation. Your password goes to Microsoft, never to Diduno, and Diduno keeps no Microsoft sign-in tokens. Sessions last 30 days.
• Finds: what you typed, the pin, how long it lasts and when you shared it. A find is deleted 30 days after it leaves the map.
• Forum: your posts and replies, the place and times you chose, and who claimed or closed a post. Delete removes a post and its replies for good. Posts have no automatic deletion. Meetups also show in the public Events calendar feed, without your name.
• Chats: messages go to GroupMe under your first name and last initial. Diduno doesn't store them, and GroupMe keeps them under its own rules. Chat images load straight from GroupMe, which sees your IP address.
• Limits: to stop spam, Diduno counts recent actions per account and per IP address. The counts expire within a day and live at Upstash.
• Map tiles: they load straight from OpenFreeMap, which sees your IP address.
• Location: used only when you share a find or a Forum post, or press the map's location button, and only after your browser asks you. It is not stored unless you post.

Who sees my name?

Signed-in students see your name and picture on your finds, Forum posts and replies, and on your profile. People who are not signed in see "A Temple student" on finds. Signed-in students also see your school email on your profile, the same address Temple's directory lists. There is no anonymous option, so post only what you are comfortable having your name on.

What happens if I'm banned?

Moderators can remove posts and finds and ban accounts that break the Community rules (section 8 of the Terms of Service). A ban follows your school account. Diduno keeps a moderation record (your hidden Microsoft ID, school email, what happened and why) when a post or find is hidden after three flags, or when an account is banned or unbanned. Only admins see it. It stays after you delete your account, so a ban can't be undone by signing in again. To appeal, email [email protected].

How do I delete my data?

Delete your account in Settings. Your profile, picture, finds, votes, Forum posts, replies, claims, flags, saved items and sessions are deleted with it. Moderation records and the record of the Terms version you accepted at sign-in (email, hidden id, version, time) stay for up to 6 years. Notes you sent with Wrong info? stay but are no longer linked to you. Messages in GroupMe stay there. Copies may remain in provider backups for a short time. You can also email [email protected] from your school address. Diduno answers within 45 days.

Can I get a copy of my data?

Yes. Open Settings and press Download my data. You get a JSON file with your account, finds, find votes, Forum posts, replies, flags, saved items and corrections. It works only while you are signed in, up to three times an hour, and leaves out moderation records and sessions. For anything else email [email protected].

What are my privacy choices?

The Your privacy choices page (/privacy/choices) lets you turn page-view counting off for the browser you use. If your browser sends the Global Privacy Control signal, Diduno treats it as the same opt-out. Diduno does not sell or share your information and shows no ads, so there is nothing else to opt out of. The Privacy Requests page (/privacy/requests) explains how to see, fix, delete or export your data and how to appeal a decision.

Does Diduno use cookies or tracking?

Diduno sets cookies only to sign you in and keep you signed in (Auth.js sign-in cookies). Without signing in it sets none, so there is no cookie banner. Your browser also keeps display choices and guest saves in local storage, and a service worker caches public pages for offline use. The Cookies page lists them all. Page-view counting is cookieless and you can turn it off. There is no advertising tracking. OpenFreeMap (map tiles), GroupMe (chat images), Microsoft (sign-in) and the sites behind "Get it" have their own policies.

Is it safe to meet other students?

Pick up giveaways and meet in public places on campus. Diduno doesn't check posts before they appear and isn't part of any trade between students. Read the Community rules, which are section 8 of the Terms of Service (Terms, linked at the bottom of every page). Posts, offers and meetups come from other people and are not verified; the Disclaimer page says more.

Is the chat safe?

The chat is public and written by other students. Don't share your phone number, address, passwords or other sensitive details. Diduno doesn't review messages before they appear. Use GroupMe's own tools to report a message or leave the group.

Is it safe to click "Get it"?

"Get it" opens each offer's official page in a new tab. Check the web address before you enter personal or payment details, and be careful with offers that ask for more than a normal sign-up.

Do I give Diduno my student ID or school password?

No. Diduno never asks for them. Your school password goes only to Microsoft's sign-in page.

Who owns Diduno?

Diduno is an independent student project, run by an individual student until a company is formed. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Temple University, or with the companies whose offers it lists. Questions: [email protected].

Is there an age limit?

Yes. You must be 18 or older and in the United States. The sign-in screen asks you to confirm you are 18 or older and agree to the Terms (which include arbitration) and the Privacy Policy. Diduno doesn't knowingly collect data from anyone younger. If you think a minor has an account, email [email protected].

Where are the legal pages?

The footer on every page links to Privacy (/privacy), Terms (/terms), Cookies (/cookies), Your privacy choices (/privacy/choices), Accessibility (/accessibility), Copyright (/dmca), Disclaimer (/disclaimer) and Credits (/credits). To report copyright infringement, use the Copyright page. Privacy requests are at /privacy/requests.

Troubleshooting and FAQ

The map doesn't load

You may see "Loading campus map…" for a moment. If it says "Map tiles unavailable.", refresh the page and check your connection. If it keeps failing, try another browser or turn off extensions that block maps.

The location button doesn't work

Your browser must allow location for the site. If you said no before, allow location for Diduno in your browser settings and try again. The map works without your position.

I can't share a find or post in the Forum

Sign in first with your school Microsoft account. If you see a limit message, wait a few minutes. Links aren't allowed in finds or posts.

I pressed End now, Close post or Delete by mistake

Press Undo in the message at the bottom of the screen. It shows for about 6 seconds.

The chat says "Not connected yet"

That chat isn't turned on right now. Try again later.

The chat says "Can't reach the chat"

A short connection problem. It retries by itself. Check your internet connection if it continues.

I can't send a chat message

Sign in first; signed out, the chat shows Sign in to send. Check the message isn't empty, is 900 characters or fewer, and has no links. If you see "Too many messages. Wait a minute and try again.", wait about a minute. The Free food chat is read-only on Diduno.

Where is my account or profile?

Click your picture (or Sign in) at the top right. Sign out and Delete account are in Settings, reached from your profile.

I signed up but never got an email

There is no sign-up form and Diduno sends no emails. Sign in with your school Microsoft account and your account is created automatically.

I can't find an offer I know exists

Try a shorter search word, pick the All tab, press "Reset everything", and open Filters to check that all Offer type and Sources boxes are checked. Diduno may not list that offer yet.

An offer's price or terms look wrong

Prices and eligibility change often. Press "Get it" and trust the official page. Then tell the team (see the contact topic).

A "Get it" link doesn't work

The provider may have moved or ended the offer. Search the provider's site. Diduno hides links that keep failing its daily check.

The page says "Page not found"

The link may be old or mistyped. Use the side menu, or go back to Home.

The side menu is narrow

You may have folded it. Press Expand navigation.

Which browser should I use?

Any modern browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge), on a computer or a phone.

Does Diduno have an app?

No, it is a website. You can bookmark it or add it to your phone's home screen from your browser's menu.

Is Diduno affiliated with Temple?

No. It is an independent student project, not endorsed by Temple University.

Can I suggest an offer, a place or a feature?

Yes. See the contact topic.

Roadmap and current limits

What works today

• Perks: a searchable, filterable list refreshed daily.
• Campus Map: fifteen verified places at or near Temple's Main Campus, plus events, finds and pinned Forum posts in the Live layer. Places are checked daily.
• Finds: signed-in students share free and cheap things happening now; others confirm, end or flag them.
• Forum: offers, Looking for posts and meetups, with first claim and replies.
• Events: list and calendar views (month, week, day and year), with Outlook, Google and Apple Calendar export.
• Search: the box at the top of every page finds pages, perks, places, events, Forum posts, Help answers and (signed in) other students. Press / or Ctrl+K to jump to it.
• Save: star perks, places, events and Forum posts, then find them on your profile (or the Saved page without an account). Signed in, they follow your account and show on your profile unless you turn that off.
• Share on perks, places, finds, events and Forum posts: your phone's share sheet, or a copied link.
• Wrong info? under a perk, place or event: a short note to the moderators.
• Undo after ending a find, or closing or deleting a Forum post.
• Add to home screen: install Diduno from your browser's menu; pages you opened before still load on a weak signal.
• Student chats on Home: the Diduno chat and a read-only view of "Free food/stuff at Temple 2.0".
• Accounts: sign in with a Temple Microsoft account, profiles for signed-in students, Light or Dark appearance, and account deletion.
• Help, Privacy, Terms, Cookies, Your privacy choices, Accessibility, Copyright, Disclaimer and Credits, linked at the bottom of every page.

Coming soon

• Local deals: verified student discounts at businesses near campus.
• Student spots: students add permanent study and chill spots to the map.
• More universities and campuses, each with its own map.

There are no release dates.

Not available

• Photos on finds or Forum posts, editing a find or a post, anonymous posts, and notifications.
• Reviews and photos on the map.
• Emails from Diduno.

Known limits

• Map filters change the list and markers but don't move the map view.
• Not every building has a description. Buildings without a passage in Wikipedia's "Campus of Temple University" article show only the address and links.
• Many campus events don't state a cost, so they show "Cost unconfirmed".
• Place hours are entered by hand and are not refreshed automatically.
• Digital perks from community lists are not checked one by one.
• The Free food chat can only be read on Diduno; join it in GroupMe to post.

Will Diduno cost money later?

No plan to charge students has been announced.

Glossary

.edu email: an email address ending in .edu, given by a US college or university. Many student offers are unlocked with one.

Campus: the school location Diduno shows. Only Temple University, Main Campus is available now, and Diduno picks it for you.

Events: the page that lists upcoming Temple events in a list and a month calendar, from Temple's official events calendar.

Campus Map: the page with a map and list of free and cheap things at Temple's Main Campus. "Campus" in the side menu. It has two layers, Live and Places.

Category (map): one of nine kinds of thing on the Campus Map, such as Food & Groceries or Arts & Entertainment. Each has its own icon and colour.

Claim: on a Forum post with first claim on, the first student to press Claim it, I can help or Count me in gets it. After that only the poster and the claimer can reply.

Community lists: public lists of student offers that Diduno reads from (AI Student Discount, Student Discount Hub, Awesome Edu Perks, Discount for Student Dev, Student Dev Perks).

Community rules: the rules for finds, Forum posts and chats. They are section 8 of the Terms of Service, linked as Terms at the bottom of every page.

Diduno checked: the hand-reviewed set of about 29 offers on Perks.

Digital perks: software, streaming and subscriptions that students get free or cheaper.

Perks: the page listing free and discounted digital perks.

Discount (badge): an offer that isn't completely free: a percent off, a lower price, or a free trial.

Expanded card: the bigger map card, opened with the expand button in its header. It adds "About this building" and each place's or event's own description.

Find: a student's short post about something free or cheap on campus right now, with a time limit. Share one with Share a find in the Live layer. See the finds topic.

Flag: marks a find or Forum post as breaking the rules. Three flags hide it until a moderator reviews it.

Forum: the page where students give things away, ask for what they need, and set up meetups. Posts last up to 30 days.

Forum post: an Offer, a Looking for post or a Meetup on the Forum.

Free (badge): an offer that costs nothing to keep.

Get it: the button on a perk that opens the official page in a new tab.

GroupMe: a group messaging app. The student chats on Home are GroupMe groups.

Live (layer): the Campus Map layer that shows finds, pinned Forum posts, and events from 30 minutes before they start until they end.

Local deals: student discounts at businesses near campus. Not listed yet.

Offer type: a filter on Perks: Free or Discount.

Pie marker: a split circle on the Campus Map. Each slice is one category in that building; the number in the badge counts everything inside.

Places (layer): the Campus Map layer with the standing places Diduno checked.

Pop-up: an unannounced giveaway or table on campus. Share it as a find.

Read-only chat: a chat you can read on Diduno but not post in. The Free food/stuff at Temple 2.0 chat is read-only here.

Sources (filter): the lists an offer came from.

Still there / Gone / End now: buttons on a find. Still there confirms it, two Gone votes end it, and End now lets the poster end their own find, with Undo.

Undo: the button in the message at the bottom of the screen after End now, Close post or Delete. It shows for about 6 seconds.

Contact and feedback

How do I contact the Diduno team?

Email [email protected]. It is the only Diduno mailbox, and it is the contact for questions, privacy requests, copyright notices, accessibility problems, ban appeals and abuse reports. Write from your school email address for anything about your account. You can also post in the Diduno @ Temple University GroupMe chat in Student chats at the bottom of the Home page. Sign in to send, or press Open in GroupMe to message in the app.

How do I report a wrong or outdated offer?

Use Wrong info? on the offer or place, or email [email protected], and include the offer name and what is wrong, for example "Spotify Premium for Students: price changed".

How do I report a post, a find or a person?

Press Flag on the find or Forum post. Three flags hide it until a moderator reviews it. For anything urgent, email [email protected]. In an emergency call 911 or campus safety.

How do I send a privacy request, a copyright notice or an accessibility report?

• Privacy: see Your privacy choices and the Privacy Requests page (/privacy/requests), or email [email protected] with the subject "Privacy request".
• Copyright: follow the process on the Copyright page (/dmca).
• Accessibility: email [email protected] with the page address and what went wrong. See the Accessibility page (/accessibility).

How do I suggest an offer, a place or a feature?

Contact the team with your idea.

How do I report a bug?

Say what you did, what you expected and what happened, plus your device and browser.

Who do I contact about a specific offer, such as a refund or a login problem?

The company that runs the offer. Diduno only links to offers and can't manage them.

Events

What is it?

The Events page lists upcoming events around Temple University's Main Campus, day by day. Open it from the side menu ("Events", or "Calendar" on a phone).

What does it show?

• Events come from Temple's official events calendar and are refreshed once a day. The page says when it was last checked ("Events checked on ...").
• Events are grouped under a heading for each day, such as "Tomorrow, Monday, November 2", with the earliest day first and the earliest event first within a day. Events that already ended are not shown.
• Each event shows a round category icon (the same icon and colour as on the Campus Map), its name, the time range (for example "11:00 AM to 12:30 PM"), the building and room, a category chip, a cost badge ("Free", a price, "Ticketed, see link" or "Cost unconfirmed") and who it is for ("Temple students" or "Open to everyone").
• Each event has a Source link to Temple's page for it and a Directions link that opens Google Maps.

List and Calendar views

Two buttons, List and Calendar, switch the views. Both are on by default: on a computer the list is on the left and a month calendar on the right; on a phone they stack. Press one to hide the other. At least one view is always on, so the button of the only visible view is greyed out. The calendar shows each day's events (coloured by category; dots on a phone). Pick a day to see its events below the calendar and jump the list to that day. Use the arrows and Today to move; events cover about the next 45 days.

Month, Week and Year

Inside the Calendar view, three buttons pick the range: Month (the default), Week and Year. (For one day at a time, use the List view.) Diduno remembers your choice on that device. The arrows beside Today move back or forward one month, week or year; past the events Temple has listed, a note says nothing is listed that far ahead yet.

• Month: each day names its first events in small coloured chips, with "+N more" when there are more, on a computer and on a phone. On a phone with the list hidden, press a day to see its events under the month.
• Week: seven days side by side on a computer, and one day under another on a phone, each event with its start time. Press an event to open it.
• Year: twelve small months. Days with events are highlighted; press one to open its month with that day picked, or a month's name to open that month. Most of a year is empty because Temple's calendar only lists about six weeks ahead.

Adding events to Outlook

• Add to calendar under an event: Outlook on the web (work or school account), Google Calendar (both open in a new tab with the event filled in), or Download .ics file (Apple Calendar, the Outlook app, others).
• Tap an event's name to see it in full, with Save and Share.
• Add all to your calendar (top right): subscribe so the events keep updating. Paste the link into Outlook on the web (Add calendar, Subscribe from web), use Subscribe in Google Calendar, or Open in my calendar app for Apple Calendar and the Outlook app. Or download a one-off .ics of the events shown now. The category filter applies to all of them. Your calendar app decides how often a subscription refreshes, often every few hours, and a subscribed calendar is read-only.
• Importing the same file twice can create duplicates in some versions of Outlook.

Filtering

Choose one or more categories with the round icon chips above the list. The number on a chip is how many upcoming events it holds. "All" clears the filter. A category with no events is greyed out, and "Local Deals" shows "Soon".

Calendar or map?

• Events: plan ahead. Every upcoming event, sorted by when it happens.
• Campus Map, Live layer: see what is happening now. An event appears there 30 minutes before it starts, next to finds and Forum posts.
• Campus Map, Places layer: see where the lasting places are, such as Cherry Pantry.

Cost

Temple's calendar has no cost field, so Diduno reads the cost from the event text or ticket page. When it cannot tell, it shows "Cost unconfirmed". Check the Source page before you go.

Sharing a find

What is a find?

A find is a short post from a student about something free or cheap on campus right now: free pizza at a club table, a giveaway, a discount. It shows at once in the Campus Map's Live layer and in "Live on campus" on the Home page. It leaves when its time runs out.

Finds are quick and expire. For giveaways, requests and meetups that last longer, use the Forum.

Who can share a find?

Any student signed in with a school Microsoft account. Turn on the Live layer on the Campus Map and press Share a find. If you are not signed in, it asks you to sign in first ("Sign in to share a find"), then opens the form.

What does the form ask?

1. Category: Food & Groceries, Essentials & Support, Health & Wellness, Recreation & Fitness, Study & Tech, Career & Money, Arts & Entertainment, Sports & Tickets or Local Deals.
2. Cost: Free, Discounted (type the discount, such as "20% off with your TUid"), Cheap (type the price, such as "$3") or Not sure (shown as "Cost unconfirmed").
3. How long will it be there?: 15 min, 30 min, 1 hr (the default), 2 hr, 3 hr or 4 hr.
4. Name of the activity: 3 to 60 characters. It shows under the icon on the map.
5. General location: anything that helps people find it, such as "By the quads". It is not checked.
6. Exact location: where the pin goes (see below).
7. Brief description (optional): up to 280 characters.

Links are not allowed in finds. Press Share find to post it.

How does the exact location work?

• When the form opens, your browser asks whether Diduno may use your location. If you allow it and you are on campus, the box fills in by itself with the building you are in, or the nearest address, and the pin goes there.
• If your location is approximate, the form says so. Turn on Precise Location for your browser in your phone's settings, or type the place.
• You can type a campus building name (short names work, such as "SERC" or "TPAC") or a street address, then pick it from the list.
• Drag the pin, or tap the map, to move it exactly. If the pin lands inside a building, the box shows that building's name.
• Use my location asks for your location again.
• The pin must be on or near campus.
• If location is off for the site, the form explains how to turn it on in your browser settings. A website cannot ask again after you said no.

What if someone already shared the same thing?

If a find in the same category is already active within about 50 metres, the form asks whether it is the same thing. Choose Same thing: still there to confirm the existing find, or Post mine anyway.

Still there, Gone, End now and Flag

Under each find (in the list and in the map card):

• Still there: confirms it. If it has less than 15 minutes left, it gets 15 more minutes, up to twice the time first chosen. Pressing it again does not add more.
• Gone: when two students say it is gone, it leaves the list and the map.
• End now (only on your own find): ends it at once. A message with Undo shows for about 6 seconds in case you pressed it by mistake.
• Flag: for spam, fake or unsafe finds. Diduno asks "Flag this find for breaking the rules?"; press Yes, flag it to confirm. Three flags hide a find until a moderator reviews it.
• You can't vote on or flag your own find. You get one vote per find, and you can change it.
• Signed-out visitors see Sign in to confirm or flag.

Who can see my name?

Signed-in students see your name and profile picture on your finds, linked to your profile. People who are not signed in see "A Temple student". There is no anonymous option.

How do finds look on the map?

On the Campus Map, keep the Live layer on. Each find is its own marker with its category icon and its name underneath. A ring (or, if your device allows motion, a pulsing radar) around the icon shows how much time is left:

• green: half or more of its time left;
• yellow: less than half;
• red: less than a fifth (red also pulses faster).

Hover over a find marker (on a phone, tap it) to show the student's picture and name above it. It stays until you click or tap somewhere else. Click the name to open their profile. Clicking the marker also opens the details card, with the time left, when it ends, Directions, and the vote buttons.

Limits

• Up to 5 finds per 15 minutes and 20 per day for each student.
• Up to 40 votes or flags per 5 minutes for each student.
• If you hit a limit, the form says "You've posted a lot in a short time. Try again in a few minutes." Votes say "That's a lot of taps. Try again in a few minutes."

How long is a find kept?

A find leaves the map when its time runs out, when you end it, or when other students mark it gone. It is deleted 30 days after that.

Privacy

See the Privacy page (linked at the bottom of every page and in the form). Finds are the one place Diduno keeps your exact pin, so it is deleted 30 days after the find ends. Your location is used only to fill in the form and is not stored unless you post the find. Address search goes through Diduno's own server to Photon, an OpenStreetMap search service, so Photon never sees your IP address.

Forum

What is the Forum?

The Forum is a student-to-student message board. Students use it to:

• give away things they don't need, such as a used textbook for a course;
• ask for things they need, such as a spare meal swipe;
• set up a meetup others can join, such as a study group or a free yoga session on the lawn.

Spotted free food or a giveaway right now? Share a find on the Campus Map instead: finds are quick and expire. The Forum is for giveaways, requests and meetups.

Open it from the Forum tab, between Campus and Events.

Who can post or reply?

Anyone can read the Forum. To post, reply or claim, sign in with your school Microsoft account. Your name and photo show only to other signed-in students.

What kinds of posts are there?

• Offer: something you're giving away or selling cheap.
• Looking for: something you need.
• Meetup: something happening that others can join, such as a study group or a free yoga session. A meetup needs a place, a pin, a time and how long it lasts.

What does the New post form ask?

1. Kind: Offer, Looking for or Meetup.
2. Title: 3 to 100 characters.
3. Details (optional): up to 1,000 characters.
4. Categories: pick 1 to 3, such as Study & Tech or Food & Groceries.
5. Cost:

• Free.
• Discounted: say what the discount is.
• Cheap: give the price, such as "$5".

1. When? (meetups only): Happening now, or Later with a start date and time. Then How long will it go on?
2. Where (optional, except for meetups):

• Type a building or address and pick it from the list, or tap Drop a pin.
• The pin must be on or near campus.
• Pinned offers and Looking for posts show at the top of the map's Live view.
• Pinned meetups show there when they're happening now, or from 30 minutes before they start.
• Meetups also show on the Events, tagged "Forum meetup", until they end.
• Meetups are also in the calendar link from Add all to your calendar, and each meetup has Add to calendar.
• Pinned posts also appear in the building's card on the Campus Map, under From the Forum.

1. Allow first claim: see below.

Posting about a place or event

On a map place card or a Events event, choose Post about this. The New post form opens with that place, its pin and its category already filled in.

Links are not allowed in posts or replies.

How does "first claim" work?

If the poster turns on Allow first claim, the first student to press Claim it (on an offer), I can help (on a Looking for post) or Count me in (on a meetup) gets it.

After that:

• only the poster and the claimer can reply, so they can sort out the details;
• their replies are visible only to the two of them;
• either of them can press Close post when they're done.

Without first claim, anyone signed in can reply and only the poster can close the post. This setting is off by default for meetups.

How long do posts stay up?

• A post stays until the poster closes or deletes it.
• Posts close by themselves after 30 days.
• Meetups close when their time runs out.
• Closed posts are hidden by default. Choose Show closed to see them.

Filters

• Filter by kind (Offers, Looking for, Meetups), by cost (Free, Discounted, Cheap) and by category.
• Mine shows your own posts and the ones you claimed.

The buttons on a post

• On the left: the main action (Claim it, I can help or Count me in when first claim is on) and Reply (or the reply count). Not signed in? Pressing the claim button asks you to sign in first, and the replies say "Sign in with your school account to reply".
• On the right: the star saves the post, the share icon copies or shares its link, and ⋯ (More actions) holds Close post, Delete post and Flag post, whichever you are allowed to use.

Closing and deleting

• Close post (in ⋯) marks it closed. Delete removes the post and its replies for good.
• Both happen at once, and a message with Undo shows for about 6 seconds in case you pressed it by mistake.

Flagging

• Open ⋯ and press Flag post on a post that is spam, unsafe or breaks the Community rules (section 8 of the Terms). Diduno asks "Flag this post for breaking the rules?"; press Yes, flag it to confirm.
• After three flags from different students, the post is hidden until a moderator reviews it.

What the Forum doesn't do yet

• Photos on posts.
• Notifications when someone replies or claims.
• Editing a post. Delete it and post again instead.

Where are the chats?

The GroupMe chats are at the bottom of the Home page, not on the Forum.