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Perhaps this is something they can get a micro-volunteer to help them with.

• Vivtek 16y ago
  Speaking for myself, I'm happy to volunteer for small non-profits, because they really need it, and ten minutes of my time can really make a difference (I just translated a 100-word paragraph about an award from German to English, for example). But Sparked themselves are a for-profit venture. I'm not 100% sure that's going to be viable, but I'm not willing to give them my time for free if they're going to turn around and make money off it.
  • adaugelli 16y ago
    Wanted to quote from the Founder's answer above: "Re: business model. We make money by selling the platform to corporations as a way to manage their employee volunteering programs." Non-profits do not pay to use the platform or for any tasks completed. Large companies pay an annual fee to enable access for their employees and related reporting metrics.
    • Vivtek 16y ago
      The parent comment to my comment was to the effect that they could use the microvolunteering concept for their own development. To a certain extent, I could even see volunteering for them (getting the word out or something), but I personally would draw the line at actual technical work for free for a money-making venture, unless there were public karma attached or the code in question were open-sourced or something.
      • brig 16y ago
        To make sure I got it right: 1) you would volunteer for sparked.com (the business) up until a certain point - when it started to feel like real work. 2) you would volunteer for a nonprofit on sparked.com at any time - regardless as to if it felt like real work. That right? - ben