Ten Principles, Zero Ads: Why We Built BurnLife

Radical inclusion doesn't work well on a platform optimized to keep you scrolling. So BurnLife is built differently: no ad auctions deciding what you see, no algorithm quietly reranking your camp's posts for engagement. Just a feed that shows you what your community actually posted, in order. We built it around the same ten principles that shape the burns themselves — decommodification, participation, radical self-reliance. It's a small platform with a specific job: help burner communities organize, not maximize time-on-site.