{"items": [{"author": "Connie", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282851565141015?comment_id=283065505119621", "anchor": "fb-283065505119621", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman, stop telling people how to scam nickels and dimes from the MBTA!  I know it's not the best public transportation system in the world, but it's the one you've got, and it sure isn't going to get any better if you deliberately avoid paying their fares while still using their service.", "timestamp": "1336255611"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282851565141015?comment_id=283452668414238", "anchor": "fb-283452668414238", "service": "fb", "text": "@Connie: if I instead posted on how you could save money by calculating whether you do better with a monthly pass, that would also be teaching people how to avoid paying the MBTA as much.", "timestamp": "1336313687"}, {"author": "Connie", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282851565141015?comment_id=283774118382093", "anchor": "fb-283774118382093", "service": "fb", "text": "Yeah, but if they're promoting it then presumably they have done the research and worked out that it comes out better for them in the long run (i.e. increasing ridership, etc.).  I'm not against saving money, just against \"stealing\" free rides.", "timestamp": "1336351900"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282851565141015?comment_id=283913005034871", "anchor": "fb-283913005034871", "service": "fb", "text": "If you REALLY want to save money this way, you could always have both, and present the ticket when you see a broken reader.  But I use public transit often enough that I'm probably always going to be better off with the monthly passes.<br><br>Also, it's notable that your strategy is much less effective on trains than buses -- yes, the machines break, but because there are 3-5 of them at any entrance, there's almost always one still working that you'll have to use with your ticket.", "timestamp": "1336372351"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282851565141015?comment_id=283916428367862", "anchor": "fb-283916428367862", "service": "fb", "text": "...Apparently you already had that idea.  I had only read the paragraph summary before posting the previous comment.", "timestamp": "1336372956"}, {"author": "Scott", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/282851565141015?comment_id=284218165004355", "anchor": "fb-284218165004355", "service": "fb", "text": "If you board a Green line train outside during the rush hours, drivers typically allow riders to board through all the doors if you have a pass to speed things up.  If you don't have a pass, it's easy to fake having one.  This means you might be better off paying as you go rather than on a monthly pass for the times when you have to board through a regular station with turnstiles.", "timestamp": "1336417433"}]}