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My goal is an online social initiative that changes how people seek and receive real-time help. A lot of deserving folks without an online voice struggle to pu
by noelsequeira 16y ago
My goal is an online social initiative that changes how people seek and receive real-time help.
A lot of deserving folks without an online voice struggle to put the word out when in need (An urgent need for blood, a sudden need for funds for a critical operation). I'm thinking we can tap into influentials to help spread the word (who can earn karma in return).
Bottleneck: As step 1 in this project, I've launched http://www.saveaplusk.org http://www.saveaplusk.org , but ironically it's suffering from the very same problem I want to solve - I have too small a voice to get the word out.
- kznewman 16y agoI am coming from a similar place but not yet launched my site. I have thought about the challenge you describe, and there are many on this site with advice that can help. Whatever size voice you might have, it is louder when you use it locally. Are you and your friends using it to help people? Are the people then helped not willing to try it? I can’t see your site from my current location but with local and modest goals you might be surprised who the influentials are and what karma they might really want.
- noelsequeira 16y agoThanks for your inputs, they're insightful. Tapping into my local network might work only so much in my case - most folks aren't too active on Twitter. But I'm not going to give this up so easily - i will give it my sincerest shot. I guess the hard part's figuring out what works and what doesn't.