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.

Hoʻopuka ʻo Youtube i nā hoʻolaha ma hope o nā wikiō a hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili kanaka. Hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i ka maikaʻi ʻoiai ʻo "nā pūnaewele āpau e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili" a he nui nā pūnaewele i hoʻolaha i nā hoʻolaha e "kākoʻo" iā lākou iho. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia e hoʻolilo iā lākou i kālepa ʻole. Pono ʻoe e kālepa i kou manaʻo a me ka ʻikepili kauoha e komo i Youtube. ʻAʻohe ala ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻo Youtube iā ʻoe e hoʻohana i kā lākou lawelawe me ka ʻole o kēia mau kālepa. Hoʻokahi like ʻo Freecycle ma ke ʻano ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopau i kā lākou hoʻolaha a hoʻōki paha iā lākou mai ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili o ka poʻe. No laila, pono ʻoe e kālepa i kou nānā a me ka ʻikepili iā Freecycle. ʻAʻohe ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kā lākou lawelawe. No laila, hana ia i kēia lawelawe ʻaʻole kālepa-free. ʻO ke kumu o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoʻolaha ma kā lākou pūnaewele a i ʻole ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili, noʻu, ʻaʻole ia he kālepa ʻole.

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

He paionia ʻo Freecycle i ka hiki ʻana i nā kānaka ke hāʻawi makana i kekahi i kekahi. Aneane nā pūnaewele pūnaewele a pau e hōʻiliʻili i kā mākou ʻikepili a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi inā ʻaʻole lākou akā ʻaʻole ia he kumu e hōʻole loa iā lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana kalepa ʻole. ʻO nā mea hoʻohui wale nō kekahi o nā ʻano i hiki i nā kānaka ke loaʻa kālā no ka hoʻolako ʻana nā lawelawe me ka uku ʻole, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi inā hiki iā mākou ke pale aku iā lākou akā ʻaʻole ia he kumu kūpono e hōʻole ai i kahi 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…