Someone in a poor country could live off the money made by commenting on my blog
This is the most inspiring thing I have read today. It's weird to think that a little blogging and community engagement could potentially lift more people out of poverty than all the money I have lent through Kiva over the last couple of years.
How true. It is amazing to think that even an upvote of a couple cents each day to someone on here could make a huge difference. Being in the west, we think that a couple cents means nothing....that isnt the case when you live on a dollar or two a day. If each of us took the time to upvote those comments in a section where there is a lot of poverty (I go into the indonesia section), we could really make a difference.
I hate to admit that I have to ask this, but how do you "go to the Indonesia section?"
Look at tags on the left and scroll down about 2/3 the way and click on indonesia.
It will take you there, I go to the new section and look for posts that have only a couple cents or zero in the upvote and spread some votes around.
As I said, I have no idea the effect a couple cents has on those individuals. I know there are some very poor parts to that country hence a few cents from many of us could make a big difference.
Thank you. Yes, I see the Indonesia tag now. I thought maybe you knew of a way to further sort where posts were coming from. I keep wishing there was a way to sort by country (other than just tags) or by language.
Except.... Indonesia is banning all cryptocurrencies. Foolish Govt.
That is a really great point. I haven't really thought about it like that before, but I like your comparison to Kiva.