Comments on: Hippie 2.0: The Kiva Trend http://profy.com/2008/05/11/hippie-20-the-kiva-trend/ Internet news and commentary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Employee 2.0 Blog » Blog Archive » The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Web 2.0 http://profy.com/2008/05/11/hippie-20-the-kiva-trend/#comment-596601 Employee 2.0 Blog » Blog Archive » The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Web 2.0 Wed, 14 May 2008 22:50:53 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/11/hippie-20-the-kiva-trend/#comment-596601 [...] Web 2.0 has allowed collaboration on many great things, like gathering funds for micro-loans for the downtrodden. The dark side, however, is the emergence of not-so-clearly defined “charities”, and even worse, individuals posting sob stories on altruistic sites, seeking a rescue from their own fiscal irresponsibility. Read more [...] [...] Web 2.0 has allowed collaboration on many great things, like gathering funds for micro-loans for the downtrodden. The dark side, however, is the emergence of not-so-clearly defined “charities”, and even worse, individuals posting sob stories on altruistic sites, seeking a rescue from their own fiscal irresponsibility. Read more [...]

]]> By: Greg McHale http://profy.com/2008/05/11/hippie-20-the-kiva-trend/#comment-588671 Greg McHale Mon, 12 May 2008 13:04:46 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/11/hippie-20-the-kiva-trend/#comment-588671 Hi Cyndy, Thanks for taking a look at good2gether - much appreciated! Just a note - we have over 800 nonprofits in the platform today so there is a reasonable variety of stuff in most of our major launch markets (Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, etc.) but there is a quirk - when you change your location (upper left corner 'connecting to to causes near') the featured organizations in volunteering, events, etc. all remain focused on Boston. That's just temporary because this is a beta version of the platform. They'll change as you change location in an upcoming release. However, even today, if you change location (to one of our major launch markets) and scroll down you'll sell relevant local content. Take a look and let me know if you have any issues. I'd be more than happy to give you a quick tour through the platform and give you more of the vision on what we're doing. Thanks again. Hi Cyndy,

Thanks for taking a look at good2gether - much appreciated!

Just a note - we have over 800 nonprofits in the platform today so there is a reasonable variety of stuff in most of our major launch markets (Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, etc.) but there is a quirk - when you change your location (upper left corner ‘connecting to to causes near’) the featured organizations in volunteering, events, etc. all remain focused on Boston. That’s just temporary because this is a beta version of the platform. They’ll change as you change location in an upcoming release. However, even today, if you change location (to one of our major launch markets) and scroll down you’ll sell relevant local content.

Take a look and let me know if you have any issues. I’d be more than happy to give you a quick tour through the platform and give you more of the vision on what we’re doing. Thanks again.

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