My Friends Totally Gave More than Your Friends

Submitted by Holly on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 11:58am.

There's nothing like a little peer pressure when you need someone to do something. Combine it with instant gratification and total transparency and you have the fundraising triumvirate!

Google Checkout has a great little campaign going on in honor of Earth Day that gives you all three:

  • You make a donation to an enviro org on someone's behalf.
  • That certain someone gets an email and asks them to do the same.
  • As the donations tally up, you get a personalized map showing all the people you inspired to donate, illustrating your network effect.

So, who wants to see if their friends are more generous then my friends?


Submitted by Pyrmont (not verified) on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 1:28am.

Hey Thats a very very cool idea.

Submitted by Gale Petersen (not verified) on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 9:39am.

So, does Google place the markers based on an address donators supply? Is it related to credit card address? Is it street address or by town only? Is anyone else leery of having themselves and their friends mapped based on a donation?