One Facebook feature that keeps many people there is the Marketplace. Making some extra money by selling things is nice. There are alternatives like Craigslist, but also here's another option.

Stop buying stuff.

I rarely sell anything because I don't buy things that I later need to sell. Admittedly, I do have a storage unit, and places in my home with a bunch of stuff on shelves. So, I have bought a lot in my lifetime. But, still, I rarely have the need to sell something.

Another admission is the fact that I don't enjoy the process. A stranger coming around, trying to offer you less than what you agreed to... things like that.

The point is, we all could benefit from buying less. And if you rarely need to sell something, find a way. People sold things before Facebook Marketplace.

Here's open source vanilla JavaScript to convert:
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https://github.com/zerosonesfun/emojicon

Ctrl+Shift+3 was created because social media got out of hand. A clear sign is the fact that countries are passing laws preventing certain age groups from using social media. This tells you it's as risky as smoking or drinking alcohol.

Meta is facing thousands of lawsuits.

We offer a calmer, more sane space to share thoughts and links. No likes, follows, or other vanity counts. Just posts and comments.

Besides the website and iOS app, you can also read and write posts via CLI. The CLI is the newest part of the community. It needs some maturing. And it probably would help to browse the website first to better understand the CLI.

ctrlshift3.com

Reddit has claimed to be the homepage of the internet, but it's not. A homepage in my mind would be something like the original AOL menu. You would click on Web, Chat, Games, etc. What options are out there?

https://youtu.be/lhOBj86lixw

Features

Main feed

A shared chronological stream of public posts. Newest first. No algorithmic “For You” by default.

Wave

An optional button beside a feed title. Turn it on to see posts with a lot of comments first, with newer posts favored so old ones do not stay stuck on top (plus light randomization). Turn it off to return to newest-first.

Subs

Subscribe to people from their profile (privately... no follower counts). Your Subs feed shows their main-feed posts in chronological order. No subscribe notifications for now.

Profiles

A public page for each account: bio, posts, optional wall posts from others, and RSS. You control whether visitors can write on your profile.

Comments

Flat comments under a post... readable conversation without nested threads competing for attention.

Thought linking

Connect related posts when the community agrees the link makes sense. Ideas can point to each other over time.

Clicks

Private groups (cliques) for friends, family, or a shared topic. Membership is required to enter. Signed-in people can browse the directory and request to join; moderators decide.

Mentions and pings

Mention someone to get their attention. Pings collect mentions, Click invites, and join-request notices in one place. You can optionally receive a daily email digest of unread pings.

Block

A one-way way to stop seeing someone’s posts and comments, and to limit how they interact with you.

Search and RSS

Find posts by text. Follow public feeds or a profile with RSS if you prefer a reader.

Display font

In Settings, choose a self-hosted font for the site while you are logged in. Everyone else still sees the default Courier look. Fonts are not loaded from Google or other third parties.

Sound

Optional, off by default. In Settings under Display, turn on Sound to hear short cues for login, new pings, and link or button clicks.

Direct Connect (beta)

Optional browser-to-browser text chat via WebRTC. The server only helps set up the connection; chat messages are not stored or relayed after you connect.

Polling Place

Site-wide community questions posted by the platform owner. Signed-in members vote once per poll. You see bars and vote counts only after you vote (or after voting closes). Archived polls stay listed with voting closed.

Polls on posts

On the Feed, in a Click, or on a profile wall, use the poll toggle next to the compose label to post a timed poll instead of a plain thought. Choose how many days voting stays open (1-30). Same one-vote rule; results appear only after you vote, or when the poll ends. These polls live on the post... they are not listed on Polling Place. Poll posts cannot be edited (you can still delete them).

Art

Same compose row: Thought · poll · art. Art opens a small paint grid (spaces for background, ▪ for the brush). Spacing is kept exactly when shown. In the feed you see about the first half of the drawing (after any blank top rows), with more for the full piece. Art posts cannot be edited (you can still delete them).

Fediverse (optional)

If you opt in under Settings, your main-feed posts and your comments on main-feed posts can be discovered on the Fediverse (for example Mastodon). Off by default. Click, profile, and contact posts are never shared this way.

Moderation

Transparent moderation with logged actions and reasons. Platform and Click moderators can keep spaces usable without silent black-box systems.

Public Contact

A public page for questions and help requests meant for platform moderators... accounts, bugs, or how something works.

Your data

Export your data from Settings (once per day). Delete your account and your writing is replaced with placeholders. Only essential cookies... no ads or tracking.

Bits

Bits are a small public record of participation on a profile. Open Bits next to Profile posts to see them.

You earn one bit when you create a post, create a comment, or log in (at most one login bit per day). Deleting your own post or comment removes one bit. If you do not log in for seven days, you lose one bit (checked gradually by site maintenance), so a weekly visit keeps your stack from draining.

Bits are shown as ▦ characters in a tight grid, newest toward the top. Every 10th bit is ▩. Every 50th is ▤ in blue. Every 100th is ▥ in green. Every 10,000th is ▧ in gold. Higher milestones win when more than one rule matches. The weekly drain only applies after you have logged in at least once (so the site has a login date to measure from).

Everything is layered, complex, yet simple. Don’t you think? Even the question, “Don’t you think?” Is that question asking the reader for their opinion or accusing them of not using their head. Then that phrase there. “Using their head.” What, was the reader supposed to be head butting the words?

That’s silly, but the answer is, it depends.

Try not to judge quickly. Don’t write something off because it’s trendy at the time. Everything has its purpose and place. Even things you don’t like.

Admittedly I started this post thinking about one thing then lost my train of thought because it’s 3:00 AM and I’m half asleep.

The lesson? It might be best to sleep instead of trying to figure out what to chat about in r/CasualConversation at 3:00 AM.

I recently released a fresh electronic/ambient album called, Energy.
Bandcamp: https://biao.bandcamp.com/album/energy
(Also likely on any streaming platform you pay for.)

I started out 25 years ago playing acoustic guitar and singing at bars and coffee shops. In 2019 I decided to try creating music that's mostly electronic. I'll still play guitar or other instruments on tracks from time to time.

I've released many albums since 2019 (none are AI generated - an important disclaimer these days).

For this recent 2026 release I experimented more with auto panning (sound moving at set intervals from left to right repeatedly). Not binaural beats, but somewhat leaning that way.

I also added acoustic guitar to certain tracks.

Besides guitar, and sometimes noises with my mouth, most of the sound is generated with a midi keyboard controller plugged into my MacBook, utilizing various simulated synths, samples, pads, and other electronic instruments. Sprinkle in some effects and textures, and you have Energy.

The water sound in the final track is my garden hose filling up a kiddie pool. Sometimes I'll hear a sound like that, run and get my phone, and record it for a future track.

The album artwork is a photo I took of a very large plasma ball that was at a museum near me.

Finally, it's best to listen to this album with headphones, but, that's up to you.

Energy - Breathing in and out.

Ctrl
Take control of your data and life

Shift
Shift your mind and habits from mega social media to calm conversations

3
Do the above to better align your mind, body, and spirit

Escape Meta. Take a break from Reddit. Slow down. Share without overload.
https://ctrlshift3.com/

NO VANITY METRICS (likes, follows, bestest influencer ever)

Ctrl+Shift+3 was created because social media got out of hand. A clear sign is the fact that countries are passing laws preventing certain age groups from using social media. This tells you it's as risky as smoking or drinking alcohol.

We offer a calmer, more sane space to share thoughts and links. No likes, follows, or other vanity counts. Just posts and comments.

Not only is it more sane here but we include helpful features such as connecting posts (link), and joining Clicks (cliques) so that you and your friends or family can have a more private space.

There's also mentions so that you have a way to get someone's attention as needed, and a way to block others.

Users can export their data with a couple of clicks and delete their account. Plus, the only cookies we use are essential for the site to function. No advertising cookies or tracking cookies.

Finally, I added the Fediverse tag to this post because within a few days to a week we'll be finishing up phase 1 of a Fediverse integration, which is broadcast-only. And optional (users will need to opt-in for their posts to go out into the Fediverse).

This place will finally end social media and get us back to communities. Reddit is fine, but it also leans more and more towards social media.

Ctrl+Shift+3 was created because social media got out of hand. A clear sign is the fact that countries are passing laws preventing certain age groups from using social media. This tells you it's as risky as smoking or drinking alcohol.

We offer a calmer, more sane space to share thoughts and links. No likes, follows, or other vanity counts. Just posts and comments.

Not only is it more sane here but we include helpful features such as connecting posts (link), and joining Clicks (cliques) so that you and your friends or family can have a more private space.

There's also mentions so that you have a way to get someone's attention as needed, and a way to block others.

Users can export their data with a couple of clicks and delete their account. Plus, the only cookies we use are essential for the site to function. No advertising cookies or tracking cookies.

Maybe this is how the web should be? A little more sane.

I just launched Ctrl+Shift+3.

https://ctrlshift3.com/

Right out of the gate, in the footer there's a link to instructions on how to leave the major Meta platforms. It's a text-first (maybe forever text only), chronological feed, basic community with no algorithm or tracking. With a couple of interesting features like linking posts together.

No following/friending. No liking/loving/reacting. Just text posts, text comments, and a couple of other interesting tidbits.

Export your data or delete your account in settings.

Create a "Click" (clique) for you and your friends.

Take control, shift the narrative, align your body, mind, and spirit.

I say no. OK, bye.

But seriously, I say no because for a while I thought my phone was glitching. I thought the screen brightness was broken. Turns out, privacy screen protectors reduce the brightness a lot. Not a little. A lot. Bug time. Bigly, as some strange world leaders say.

I replaced my privacy one with a regular and it’s almost too bright now. But not, I love the brightness.

It’s such an improvement that I’m taking time during my lunch break to post this.

Sure, privacy screens help protect privacy. In fact, I just held my phone at a sharp angle and thought, “Wow, you can see everything even from this angle…” Still, I don’t want to strain in certain lighting to see stuff.

I’ll just make sure people aren’t watching closely when I do my shady stuff. Kidding I’m an angel. 😇

Ctrl
Take control of your data and life

Shift
Shift your mind and habits from mega social media to calm conversations

3
Do the above to better align your mind, body, and spirit

Escape Meta. Slow down. Share without overload.
https://ctrlshift3.com/

This isn't my first rodeo. But, admittedly I don't recall if I've ever been to an actual rodeo...

Anyway, I create things online all the time; that's the point. It's my hobby/passion. Since about 2005 when I created IndieShows (RIP), a concert posting site.

I've been trying to start up something to help dampen social media's dominance for years.

One reason is because most people tend to agree that the endless scrolling through photos and videos probably isn't great for humans.

Another reason is because places like Facebook and Instagram killed small online communities. Kind of like how Walmart killed many small businesses.

Yet another reason is because Instagram actually banned me. Meanies. No matter what I try I can't get back. Why? No clue. I think because I deleted my account then months later tried to sign up again and their AI thought I was impersonating myself? Saw the old account and the new and thought something strange was going on? That's my best guess. Well, I also posted something about how Meta is always watching you and tagged Zuck. But, I doubt he even saw it or would care enough to have me banned.

Sign up, check out the information via the links in the footer. Those pages will help you understand a lot. I'm open to suggestions. Early adopters have the best chance at becoming site-wide moderators to help shape things. Not that I want to shape it one way or another...

My only rule is to be nice. I don't like internet bullies. Even though I bullied Zuck. But that was just one post. Other than that I'll try my best not to censor. Unless it's illegal. And, there are two words censored automatically in posts/comments. That's it. Only two.

I was going to end this post there, but I guess I'll point out a couple major features:

1. Link posts - Click link under a post to link it to another post. I'm not sure where this will go yet. In other words UI/UX wise. Will all linked posts be on a page? Will some kind of visual map be made of linked posts? All I know so far is that I wanted to be able to link similar posts together. It takes a certain percentage of users to agree before the link is made.

2. Clicks - Purposely misspelled cliques. So, groups.

I was looking for open source project management software when I found kanboard.org. Then I thought: for people who don't want to set up hosting and self-host something like Kanboard, I could offer it as a service. Free, or way cheaper than Jira and Asana depending on the number of people on the team.

And so: https://kantanban.com

If a small business needs a good project management tool but doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg just because they need 12 users instead of 9, this could potentially solve their problem.

Nothing super advanced or flashy. Just what you need to manage projects free or cheap.