About Give and Live
A WhatsApp community for generous neighbors — no money, no ads, just good things finding a new home.
Core principles
- Fair by construction. The auction is a "Vickrey" auction. Just bid what it's worth to you. You only pay what someone else would have paid. You cannot game the system and there's no need to be strategic.
- Gratitude seeds are not traded. You earn them. You spend them. They vanish when used. There's a hard limit to how many you can accumulate.
- No data tracking. No ads. All we need is a phone number, so we can send you messages. That's the whole data footprint.
- No attention manipulation. No streaks. No gamification. Live your life, uninterrupted.
Why?
Because most people have enough things. Actually more than they need. They don't need to buy more things. They don't need to keep spending to feed the capitalist machine.
Because a lot of us need to de-clutter our life. Less is more and more is less. Instead of buying a bigger house, a second residence or a bluespace storeroom, just send the things on their way. Someone else will find the space. Give to live another day. And when the time comes it may be your turn to receive.
Because a lot of software is hostile. It forces you to look at ads. It tracks what you do. It sells your data to strangers. It nudges you to keep scrolling. It makes it hard to leave. It gamifies your dopamine. It optimizes for investors instead of you.
Because we believe that software must be honest and respect your time, your data, and your attention. No extraction, no rent seeking. Just useful software.
No dark patterns. No switching costs to trap you. No engagement loops designed to steal your evenings. No personal data beyond a phone number. Open source, so you can see exactly what it does and what it doesn't. Just a tool that does what it says, then goes out for burritos.