Ko e me'a 'oku mahino kiate au, 'Oku faka'ata 'e he Freecycle 'a e kakai ke nau fai ha ngaahi me'a lahi ange 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki, ko ia te ke lava 'o taukave'i 'oku totonu ke tanaki atu ia ki he tohi fakahinohino- 'oku ne poupou'i 'a e lelei, 'ulungaanga 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki. ‘Oku ne faka’ata ‘a e kakai ke nau lava ‘o vahevahe mo toe ngaue’aki ‘a e ngaahi me’a, pea ko e vahevahe mo e toe ngaue’aki ko ‘eni ‘i he vaha’a ‘o e kakai ‘oku ‘ikai ha fefakatau’aki .. Ka ko e fa'ahinga ko 'eni 'oku ne fakamanatu mai kiate au 'a e Couchsurfing.com- 'Oku toe 'ai 'e he Couchsurfing ha me'a lelei 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki ke malava: 'Oku lava 'e he kakai ke vahevahe honau feitu'u (sofa, loki mohe 'oku toe.) fefakatau'aki-ta'etotongi mo e ni'ihi kehe, koe'uhi ke ma'u 'e he ni'ihi kehe ha feitu'u ta'etotongi ke mohe ai. 'Oku ne poupou'i ha sevesi lahi 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki 'i he vaha'a 'o e kakai, ko ia na'e lava ke u sio ki he 'uhinga 'e fie ma'u ai 'e ha taha ke tanaki atu 'a e Couchsurfing ki he tohi fakahinohino. Kaekehe, ko e sevesi 'oku 'oatu 'e he Couchsurfing 'oku 'ikai ko ha nofo'anga ta'efefakatau'aki ma'ae kakai, ko e sevesi 'oku ne 'oatu ko ha uepisaiti 'e lava ke fetu'utaki ai 'a e kakai. Pea ko e me'apango, 'oku 'ikai ke fefakatau'aki-ta'etotongi 'a e uepisaiti ko ia. ‘I he ‘uluaki taimi, na’a nau ‘ai ‘a e ngaahi tu’uaki ‘i he’enau uepisaiti pea tanaki ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala, pea nau kamata leva ke teke ‘a e founga ma’u pa’anga “fakamo’oni” ko ‘eni, pea ko ‘eni, kuo nau loka’i ‘a e kakai mei he’enau ngaahi ‘akauni ‘anautolu kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ke nau totongi ha totongi fakamāhina ke nau hū ki he uepisaiti. Ko ia neongo 'oku 'ai 'e he Couchsurfing ha sevesi lelei 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki ke malava 'i he vaha'a 'o e kakai, 'Oku 'ikai ke 'oatu 'e he kautaha 'iate ia pe ha sevesi 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki. Pea ko e me’a ia ‘oku fekau’aki mo e trade-free directory ko ‘eni- ko e me’a ‘oku ‘omai ‘e he ngaahi kautaha ko ‘eni.

Ko e me’a ‘oku mahino kiate au, ‘Oku fa’ahinga ‘o e talanoa tatau mo e Freecycle- ‘oku nau faka’ata ‘a e kakai ke nau lava ‘o ‘oatu ‘a e ngaahi me’a ‘oku ‘ikai ha fefakatau’aki ki he taha mo e taha, ka ko e sevesi ‘oku nau ‘oatu (ko ha uepisaiti ‘oku ne fakafehokotaki ‘a e kakai ko ‘eni) ‘oku ‘ikai ke mo’oni ‘a e fefakatau’aki he ‘oku ne fakahaa’i atu ‘a e ngaahi ads mo tanaki ho’o fakamatala.

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

Kapau 'oku nau fie 'oatu ha tu'unga 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki, pea 'oku totonu ke nau fakafalala ki he ngaahi foaki, ka 'oku 'ikai kiate koe ke ke sio 'i he'enau ngaahi tu'uaki.

Pea 'i 'olunga 'i he me'a ko ia 'oku nau ma'u ha ngaahi muimui'i malumalu mamafa: https://www.

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.

Neongo 'oku lava ke fakalelei'i, freecycle ko ha paionia lelei 'aupito ia 'o ha mamani 'oku 'ikai ha fefakatau'aki pea 'oku totonu ke fakamo'oni'i 'i he si'isi'i taha ko ha fili.

He'ikai te u tanaki atu kinautolu ki he tohi fakahinohino, koe'uhi he 'oku nau fonu 'i he ngaahi faka'ilo, tanaki 'a e fakamatala 'o fakafou 'i he google-analytics mo poupou'i 'enau saiti 'i he ngaahi netiueka 'oku makatu'unga 'i he fefakatau'aki hange ko e twitter mo e facebook. Ko ia ‘oku nau fiema‘u ho‘o tokangá mo ho‘o fakamatalá. Kapau 'oku ke fie 'oatu ha netiueka 'e lava ke foaki mo ma'u ai 'e he kakai 'a e ngaahi me'a ta'etotongi, kataki 'o fai pē ia. ‘Oua ‘e tanaki ha ngaahi fakamatala, ‘oua ‘e ‘ai ha ngaahi tu’uaki pe poupou’i ha ngaahi sevesi ‘oku makatu’unga ‘i he fefakatau’aki. ‘Oku ou ‘ilo ‘e ala tricky ke tauhi ‘a e uepisaiti, ka ke fakafalala leva ki he ngaahi foaki pe – ka ‘ikai ‘oku ke ‘i ha slope slippery pea vave pe ‘amui ange ‘e pau ke verficate ‘e he kakai ‘enau ngaahi ‘akauni pe totongi ha ki’i pa’anga ki hono faka’aonga’i ho’o uepisaiti hange ko e tu’unga ‘o e couchsurfing...