Donations 2.0 - Help Provide Clean Water To Children
December 19 2008 10:30:00 AM
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My friend Laura (@Pistachio on Twitter) is asking for people to help provide children with clean water, by donating just $2. It is a good cause, and one I am happy to help.
Where her request really got my attention, was the introduction of "donating by Twitter".
Typical Twitter posts are formatted such as "here is some text". These standard tweets (what a twitter post is called) can be seen by anyone.
If you post "@username here is some text" anyone can still see it, but it is aimed to the attention of the specific person.
If you post and preface your message with the letter d (which stands for direct), the message can be seen by only that person. Ex: "d username here is some text"
Enter Tipjoy, who's About page explains "Tipjoy makes it easy for people to leave tips for things they love online". Working with Twitter, they have added additional keywords for tweets including: 'tipjoy', 'tip', 'pay', 'give', 'rtip', or 'p'. They say "We'll count anything that has an @username, dollar amount, and a payment keyword in the first three words in any order. So "p @ev $1" and "@ev pay $1" both work.
So now, via Twitter, you can donate money to causes, tip people, or whatever!
I set up my account this morning, not only to help Laura's cause, but to see what dona-tweeting would be like. Here is my conceptual model...
I go into Twitter and donate via simply tweeting "p @username amount". Tipjoy somehow connects Twitter to the charity. I put money into my Tipjoy account via PayPal, which I pay via credit card, which I pay via my bank account!
It is certainly an interesting "2.0" world we live in!
BTW, can I order pizza by Twitter yet? "@dominos 1 large sausage and green peppers please, you know where to find me".
Where her request really got my attention, was the introduction of "donating by Twitter".
Typical Twitter posts are formatted such as "here is some text". These standard tweets (what a twitter post is called) can be seen by anyone.
If you post "@username here is some text" anyone can still see it, but it is aimed to the attention of the specific person.
If you post and preface your message with the letter d (which stands for direct), the message can be seen by only that person. Ex: "d username here is some text"
Enter Tipjoy, who's About page explains "Tipjoy makes it easy for people to leave tips for things they love online". Working with Twitter, they have added additional keywords for tweets including: 'tipjoy', 'tip', 'pay', 'give', 'rtip', or 'p'. They say "We'll count anything that has an @username, dollar amount, and a payment keyword in the first three words in any order. So "p @ev $1" and "@ev pay $1" both work.
So now, via Twitter, you can donate money to causes, tip people, or whatever!
I set up my account this morning, not only to help Laura's cause, but to see what dona-tweeting would be like. Here is my conceptual model...
I go into Twitter and donate via simply tweeting "p @username amount". Tipjoy somehow connects Twitter to the charity. I put money into my Tipjoy account via PayPal, which I pay via credit card, which I pay via my bank account!
It is certainly an interesting "2.0" world we live in!
BTW, can I order pizza by Twitter yet? "@dominos 1 large sausage and green peppers please, you know where to find me".
