E like me kaʻu i hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻae ʻo Freecycle i nā kānaka e hana hou aku i nā mea kālepa-ʻole, no laila e hoʻopaʻapaʻa paha ʻoe e hoʻohui ʻia i ka papa kuhikuhi - hoʻolaha ia i ka hana maikaʻi a me ke kālepa ʻole. Hiki i nā kānaka ke kaʻana like a hoʻohana hou i nā mea, a ʻo kēia kaʻana like a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana ma waena o nā kānaka ʻaʻole kālepa.. Akā, hoʻomanaʻo mai kēia ʻano iaʻu iā Couchsurfing.com- ʻO Couchsurfing kekahi e hana i kahi mea kālepa maikaʻi ʻole: hiki i nā poʻe ke kaʻana like i ko lākou wahi (moe, lumi moe kaʻawale, nā mea ʻē aʻe.) Kūʻai ʻole me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, i loaʻa i nā poʻe kahi wahi manuahi e hiamoe ai. Hoʻolaha ia i kahi lawelawe kalepa ʻole ma waena o nā kānaka, no laila hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ke kumu e makemake ai kekahi e hoʻohui iā Couchsurfing i ka papa kuhikuhi. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka lawelawe a Couchsurfing e hāʻawi nei, ʻaʻole ia he hale kūʻai kūʻai ʻole no ka poʻe, ʻo ka lawelawe i hāʻawi ʻia he pūnaewele kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke launa pū kekahi me kekahi. A ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻole kēlā pūnaewele. I ka wā mua, hoʻokomo lākou i nā hoʻolaha ma kā lākou pūnaewele a hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili, a laila hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻokau i kēia "hōʻoia" hana kālā, a i kēia manawa, ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i nā poʻe mai kā lākou mau moʻokāki ponoʻī inā ʻaʻole lākou e uku i ka uku mahina e komo ai i ka pūnaewele. No laila, ʻoiai ke hana nei ʻo Couchsurfing i kahi lawelawe kālepa maikaʻi ʻole ma waena o nā poʻe, ʻaʻole hāʻawi ka hui ponoʻī i kahi lawelawe kālepa ʻole. A ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i kēia papa kuhikuhi kālepa-ʻo ka mea a kēia mau hui e hāʻawi ai.

E like me kaʻu i hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻano moʻolelo like ia me Freecycle- ʻae lākou i nā poʻe e hiki ke hāʻawi aku i nā mea kālepa ʻole i kekahi i kekahi, akā ʻo ka lawelawe a lākou e hāʻawi ai (kahi pūnaewele e hoʻopili ai i kēia poʻe) ʻaʻole maoli kālepa no ka mea e hōʻike ana iā ʻoe i nā hoʻolaha a hōʻiliʻili i kāu ʻikepili.

Youtube posts ads next to videos and collects people’s data. One can see that as still ok since “all websites collect data” and that many websites post ads to maybe “support” themselves. However this does not make them trade-free. You have to trade your attention and data in order to access Youtube. There is no other way. Youtube won’t let you use their service without these trades. Freecycle is the same in the sense that no one can disable their ads or stop them from collecting people’s data. Thus, you HAVE to trade your attention and data to Freecycle. There is no other way that you can use their service. So, it makes this service NOT trade-free. Regardless of why they have ads on their website or collect data, for me it is not trade-free.

But I consider this anything but trade-free: https://www.directory.trade-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pasted-4.jpg – I understand if they lack funding, but that does not mean to put ads into their website if they want to provide a genuine platform for people to share stuff. It’s like duckduckgo saying that it’s trade-free. Yes they do not collect your data, but they also put some ads in their search: https://www.directory.trade-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pasted-4.png

If they want to provide a trade-free platform, then they should rely on donations, but not on you to watch their ads.

And on top of that they have some seriously shady trackers: https://www.directory.trade-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pasted-5.png

Freecycle is a pioneer in enabling people to gift to each other. Almost all websites collect our data and it would be best if they didn’t but that is no reason to completely reject them as a trade-free network. Adds are one of the only forms people can get funding for providing services at no cost, it is best if we can avoid them but they aren’t a good enough reason to reject a TFnetwork.

ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, ʻo ka freecycle kahi paionia maikaʻi loa o kahi honua kalepa ʻole a pono e ʻae ʻia ma ke ʻano he koho.

ʻAʻole wau e hoʻohui iā lākou i ka papa kuhikuhi, no ka mea ua piha lākou i nā hoʻolaha, hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili ma o google-analytics a hoʻolaha i kā lākou pūnaewele ma nā ʻoihana kālepa e like me twitter a me facebook. No laila makemake lākou i kou nānā a me ka ʻikepili. Inā makemake ʻoe e hāʻawi i kahi pūnaewele e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke hāʻawi a loaʻa i nā mea me ka manuahi, e ʻoluʻolu e hana wale pela. Mai hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili, mai hoʻokomo i nā hoʻolaha a hoʻolaha i nā lawelawe e pili ana i ke kālepa. ʻIke wau he mea paʻakikī paha ka mālama ʻana i ka pūnaewele, akā e hilinaʻi i nā hāʻawi wale nō - inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ma kahi pali paheʻe a ma hope a ma hope paha e hōʻoia ka poʻe i kā lākou moʻokāki a i ʻole e uku i kahi kālā liʻiliʻi no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāu pūnaewele e like me ka couchsurfing…