No one can believe that I've been in (and out) of this world for twenty years and as the new year rolled around, I began contemplating the pros and cons of SW in 2026 vs 2006. Although I started my SW venture by advertising on Craigslist and have never worked the blade or placed physical ads in the back of an alternative newspaper, I have experienced the rise of what I call the increasing late-stage capitalist internetification of in-person SW. Although this phenomenon made s