| * THIS STORY APPEARS TO BE ACTIVELY ASTROTURFED ON HACKER NEWS * Of the 6 top-level comments posted at this time, all 6 are from brand new accounts with exactly one comment total. All the comments are suspiciously over-positive for a charity which isn't doing anything terribly new or unique. The following 6 accounts appear to have been registered solely to comment and upvote this post: cfrank: I love seeing how technology puts a face on the need. Makes it more personal and like I'm actually giving to a real person, not just a huge black hole. The people that need help around the world are individual, not media photos and over-your-head stories nhpeterson818: Wow - really awesome. They use video to show donors the families in their new home. So you see exactly who you're helping. It'd be an insanely great UX to scroll through and see pictures of the family before and a video of them after! bab07f: Having people start their own campaigns is very smart and scaleable in my opinion. It's like having people be your salesforce. See how they set it up http://newstorycharity.org/create-campaign robertbrett: Basically like kickstarter for homeless kids/women in life-threatening danger. Really cool, check out their funded families -->http://newstorycharity.org/families-page#funded-families pbhatia96: Sounds like Watsi but for a different problem harrisonapowell: How do they do the 100% model? It sounds awesome, but how do they actually make that happen? If you're going to astroturf, please do a better job of it. |