Personally, I know I’d rather make the decision of donating once, and forget about it, rather than having to decide every day. I know if I had a daily notification asking me to make a decision I would quickly get rid of it, as I find those sorts of things exhausting after a while. But maybe there’s a personality of people who like these sorts of prompts and appreciate micro-decisions.
On the other hand, maybe some people are overwhelmed by the idea of donating $1500/year, but $5/day seems fine, so they’d be into this.
For people who like the sound of $5/day but would soon mute the notification, there could be a way of toggling a switch to automate the process of donating the 5 bucks, but maybe that’s missing the point of your idea?
You’d probably need a way of getting around credit card fees, as I think these have a fixed price so making lots of small transactions isn’t very effective?
Yes I worry about the pushes becoming a nuisance and losing their appeal. I’d want to to be creative as to how they come across and customizable in terms of frequency.
I think the gamificatjon social pressure and the community element could help with this. Imagine not wanting to lose your giving streak because you have a platinum giving badge that you would lose. Duolingo has loads of in app feature that encourage daily use but I can attest that even those can get annoying and eventually muted.
The fee avoidance is a must have. I’m still researching the best way to do it but for now my best idea is a built in API that routes to websites or giving platforms that allow donations without fees. Giving what you can, every.org, PayPal giving etc. That’s not to say that the problem is solved but my first effort will be to solve that through partnership
Personally, I know I’d rather make the decision of donating once, and forget about it, rather than having to decide every day. I know if I had a daily notification asking me to make a decision I would quickly get rid of it, as I find those sorts of things exhausting after a while. But maybe there’s a personality of people who like these sorts of prompts and appreciate micro-decisions.
On the other hand, maybe some people are overwhelmed by the idea of donating $1500/year, but $5/day seems fine, so they’d be into this.
For people who like the sound of $5/day but would soon mute the notification, there could be a way of toggling a switch to automate the process of donating the 5 bucks, but maybe that’s missing the point of your idea?
You’d probably need a way of getting around credit card fees, as I think these have a fixed price so making lots of small transactions isn’t very effective?
Yes I worry about the pushes becoming a nuisance and losing their appeal. I’d want to to be creative as to how they come across and customizable in terms of frequency.
I think the gamificatjon social pressure and the community element could help with this. Imagine not wanting to lose your giving streak because you have a platinum giving badge that you would lose. Duolingo has loads of in app feature that encourage daily use but I can attest that even those can get annoying and eventually muted.
The fee avoidance is a must have. I’m still researching the best way to do it but for now my best idea is a built in API that routes to websites or giving platforms that allow donations without fees. Giving what you can, every.org, PayPal giving etc. That’s not to say that the problem is solved but my first effort will be to solve that through partnership