I did not know of your project. Sounds awesome and I will definitely look into it. As to your comments:
RE: Social media
I am personally more bullish about this than my original post might suggest. In fact, I think the things you mention could be powerful motivators for increased giving. The reason why I sound bearish is that friends I have talked to were somewhat on the fence about the idea. And I can follow their reasoning: They/I fear that the social media integration might become “unhealthy” (I am imaging people “bragging” about their donations in the same way that some people feel the need to constantly tell all of Facebook how happy they are...I don’t like this side of social media).
HOWEVER, either my fears (and those of my friends’) are exaggerated OR this might simply be a situation where the ends justify the means (it seems that, on a large scale, more donations to people in need would outweigh the negatives of social media).
RE: EA
This was definitely not meant as catering to EA people only. However, I feel like having an EA backbone—or at least having people from the EA community contribute with ideas—would possibly make the project better AND be a nice outlet for EA to a more mainstream audience. I might be wrong, though. In any case, I agree with you that there should be as many charities as possible. This would appeal the more people, hopefully.
I am definitely also happy to discuss further! I added you on Facebook, but would prefer the discussion to stay here for a while—at least while the discussion is somewhat general, so that other people can follow it and comment if they want.
I would love to hear about your experiences with this. In particular, I’d also love to hear if you think there are room for more than one app (i.e. for more than SoGive). I.e. if you feel like this is something I should continue with or whether some form of collaboration would be better.
Dear Sanjay,
Thank you for your post. Much appreciated!
I did not know of your project. Sounds awesome and I will definitely look into it. As to your comments:
RE: Social media I am personally more bullish about this than my original post might suggest. In fact, I think the things you mention could be powerful motivators for increased giving. The reason why I sound bearish is that friends I have talked to were somewhat on the fence about the idea. And I can follow their reasoning: They/I fear that the social media integration might become “unhealthy” (I am imaging people “bragging” about their donations in the same way that some people feel the need to constantly tell all of Facebook how happy they are...I don’t like this side of social media). HOWEVER, either my fears (and those of my friends’) are exaggerated OR this might simply be a situation where the ends justify the means (it seems that, on a large scale, more donations to people in need would outweigh the negatives of social media).
RE: EA This was definitely not meant as catering to EA people only. However, I feel like having an EA backbone—or at least having people from the EA community contribute with ideas—would possibly make the project better AND be a nice outlet for EA to a more mainstream audience. I might be wrong, though. In any case, I agree with you that there should be as many charities as possible. This would appeal the more people, hopefully.
I am definitely also happy to discuss further! I added you on Facebook, but would prefer the discussion to stay here for a while—at least while the discussion is somewhat general, so that other people can follow it and comment if they want. I would love to hear about your experiences with this. In particular, I’d also love to hear if you think there are room for more than one app (i.e. for more than SoGive). I.e. if you feel like this is something I should continue with or whether some form of collaboration would be better.
Hi Mikkel. I’m a bit late here, but would love to chat about your findings.