Here's how HobbyLocal works: it's a community-run map — there's no gatekeeper deciding what makes the cut. Here's how it stays accurate.
One tap, no password to remember. An account is what lets the community trust your votes and gives you a place to manage what you've added.
There's no one behind the scenes approving listings one by one. When you submit a shop or event, it shows up on the map right away marked "pending review" until enough other members confirm it's accurate.
Everyone gets one vote per listing, but longer-standing, more active members carry a bit more weight, on a curve with diminishing returns, so a handful of accounts working together still can't easily push something through.
Notice a shop moved, or a missing detail? Click "Suggest a fix" on any listing. Your proposed change goes through the same community confirmation before it's applied.
If a shop shuts down or an event gets cancelled and the original poster never comes back to update it, anyone signed in can report it — once enough people agree, it's removed from the map automatically.