RE: Can We Help Charities With Steemit? I Think So, But What Do You Think?
Hi @walkingkeys
A very interesting post. I have given this some some thought myself, not just in terms of steemit but also block chain more broadly.
The biggest challenge I see to your concept is enabling the charity to create effective content.
A Steemonian like you and me find a local charity to educate and facilitate >an account on Steemit. The charity then blogs daily about things they are >doing and real stories of the people they are helping. The Steemit >community supports by upvoting and sharing the charity's posts and >following their account. The money earned is then used to benefit the >charity.
I have done significant work in the charity space and most of the charities I have worked with are run on a shoe string budget. Some are run sole by volunteers. For a charity to dedicate someone to creating quality content would require a large commitment of scarce resources. For most charities I think this would be beyond their means.
I love your thinking though. I too am convinced there must be a way to use this eco system for philanthropic purposes. I’ll follow you from here and look forward to any further posts you may have on the subject.
First of all thanks for the great reply. I do agree that most charities that I know are in the same boat. I do think that someone would either have to be dedicated to volunteering for this specific project or someone that would get paid in SBD maybe. The other option is to work with larger groups that have a social media person. It would take some work, but there is potential. I think if the charity was like a family homeless shelter then the residents could write the blogs. I don't know? It could be difficult, and I appreciate you making a good point. I too am like you, trying to figure out what we can do to use the blockchain to help people. Thanks for the comment.
Difficult but worthwhile! Keep it up.