Ngokwazi kwami, iFreecycle ivumela abantu ukuthi benze izinto eziningi ezingahwebi, ngakho-ke ungase uphikise ngokuthi kufanele ingezwe kuhla lwemibhalo- ikhuthaza ukuziphatha okuhle, okungahwebi. Ivumela abantu ukuthi bakwazi ukwabelana nokusebenzisa kabusha izinto, futhi lokhu kwabelana nokusebenzisa kabusha phakathi kwabantu akukhona ukuhwebelana.. Kodwa lolu hlobo lungikhumbuza i-Couchsurfing.com- I-Couchsurfing iphinde yenza into enhle yokuhweba mahhala: abantu bayakwazi ukwabelana ngendawo yabo (umbhede, igumbi lokulala eliyisipele, noma yini.) Ukuhweba mahhala nabanye, ukuze abanye babe nendawo yamahhala yokulala. Ikhuthaza insizakalo enkulu engahwebi phakathi kwabantu, ngakho-ke ngabona ukuthi kungani othile engase afune ukungeza i-Couchsurfing ohlwini lwemibhalo. Kodwa-ke, isevisi ehlinzekwa yi-Couchsurfing akuyona indawo yokuhlala yamahhala yabantu, isevisi eyinikezayo iwebhusayithi lapho abantu bengaxhumana khona. Futhi ngeshwa, leyo webhusayithi ayinazo ukuhweba. Ekuqaleni, bafaka izikhangiso kuwebhusayithi yabo futhi baqoqa idatha, base beqala ukuphusha lolu hlelo "lokuqinisekisa" lokwenza imali, futhi manje, bavalele abantu ngaphandle kwama-akhawunti abo uma bengayikhokhi imali yanyanga zonke ukuze bafinyelele iwebhusayithi. Ngakho-ke nakuba i-Couchsurfing yenza isevisi enhle engahwebi yenzeke phakathi kwabantu, inhlangano ngokwayo ayinikezi isevisi yamahhala yokuhweba. Futhi yilokho okushiwo lolu hlu lwemibhalo olungahwebi- okunikezwa yilezi zinhlangano.

Ngokwazi kwami, iwuhlobo lwendaba efanayo neFreecycle- ivumela abantu ukuthi bakwazi ukunikezana izinto ezingahwebi, kodwa isevisi abayihlinzekayo (iwebhusayithi exhuma laba bantu) empeleni ayinazo ukuhweba ngoba ikubonisa izikhangiso futhi iqoqa idatha yakho.

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

Uma befuna ukuhlinzeka ngenkundla engahwebi, kufanele bathembele emnikelweni, kodwa hhayi kuwe ukuthi ubukele izikhangiso zabo.

Futhi phezu kwalokho banama-tracker anethunzi elimnyama: 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.

Nakuba kungenakulungiswa, i-freecycle iyingqalabutho enhle kakhulu yomhlaba ongenazo ezohwebo futhi kufanele okungenani yamukelwe njengenketho.

Ngeke ngizengeze ohlwini lwemibhalo, ngoba zigcwele izikhangiso, ziqoqa idatha nge-google-analytics futhi zikhuthaze isayithi labo kumanethiwekhi asekelwe kwezohwebo njenge-twitter ne-facebook. Ngakho bafuna ukunaka kwakho nedatha. Uma ufuna ukuhlinzeka ngenethiwekhi lapho abantu bengapha futhi bathole izinto mahhala, sicela yenza lokho nje. Ungaqoqi idatha, ungafaki izikhangiso noma uphromothe izinsizakalo ezisekelwe kwezohwebo. Ngiyazi ukuthi kungase kube ubuqili ukugcina iwebhusayithi, kodwa bese wethembela emnikelweni kuphela - ngaphandle kwalokho usendaweni eshelelayo futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi abantu kuyodingeka baqinisekise ama-akhawunti abo noma bakhokhe imali encane ngokusebenzisa iwebhusayithi yakho njengasendabeni ye-couchsurfing...