Comments on: Causes On Facebook Launches

By: Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits

Thu, 29 May 2008 04:10:08 +0000

[...] application that promotes viral donations of time and money to charities and nonprofits, launched a year ago. They’ve now released statistics today on their usage and donation numbers for that first [...]

By: Josh Williams - Bedroom to Boardroom | Web Directions

Josh Williams - Bedroom to Boardroom | Web Directions — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:55:14 +0000

[...] and an expert iconographer. Recently Josh has served as the design director for Project Agape (Causes on Facebook) and currently he in the process of launching another secretive iconic web company. [...]

By: Buy A Virtual Gift And Fight Malaria teasered @ Feed UP !!

Buy A Virtual Gift And Fight Malaria teasered @ Feed UP !! — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:01:10 +0000

[...] Causes is one of the most popular Facebook Applications, with over 300,000 active users. The service, which leverages virality to spread the word about worthy causes, aggregates 40,000 causes that benefit 13,000 nonprofits worldwide. In many ways, it’s a pyramid scheme for good. [...]

By: vincentcassar.com » Non-Profits on Facebook and MySpace

vincentcassar.com » Non-Profits on Facebook and MySpace — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:44:56 +0000

[...] and counting, according to Allan Benamer of the excellent Non-Profit Tech Blog. As noted by several blogs when it launched in May, Facebook Causes has deep integration within Facebook’s platform. [...]

By: See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » An Open API is the New Black

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:56:46 +0000

[...] I can build an application and have members of Facebook spread this to all of their online friends. Project Agape, a company that built the first causes application for Facebook, has surpassed 1 million users to [...]

By: Facebook Application: Causes | NathenGrass.com

Facebook Application: Causes | NathenGrass.com — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:59:34 +0000

[...] article at TechCrunch discusses this service more and it’s quite exciting to see what they are offering for [...]

By: The School for Social Entrepreneurs

The School for Social Entrepreneurs — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:12:24 +0000

Social networking for good 2.0 …

Have been meaning to write more about the proliferation of web 2.0 tools and social networking/philanthropy stuff, but every time I did, something else got launched or brought to my attention. Anyway, recent news includes: - LinkedIn for Good- this…

By: Facebook: andere zum Legostein machen - Sajonara.de - Internetmagazin

Facebook: andere zum Legostein machen - Sajonara.de - Internetmagazin — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:23:00 +0000

[...] Je mehr man sich einliest, desto unübersichtlicher wird es. Microsoft, heißt es bei Kirpatrick, hätte bereits mit PopFly eine Schnittstelle eingerichtet, die es Entwicklern unter Microsoft-Entwicklungsumgebungen ermöglichen soll, bei der Programmierung von Anwendungen die Funktionalität von Facebook auszuschöpfen (vgl. Fortune, engl.). Also geht die Blickrichtung doch bidirektional?! Trotz der Skepsis, die man hegen kann: Einige der ersten Entwickler (Green und Parker vom Projekt Agape, engl.), die bereits Anwendungen für Facebook vorgestellt haben, geben als Grund für ihr Engagement in der Abhängigkeit an: “Facebook has a huge and active user base (20 million users, each viewing 50 pages daily on Facebook), and they are a demographic that is highly likely to want to become involved actively in causes they believe in.” (Techcrunch) [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:19:25 +0000

How is Change.org “in the pocket of Big Philanthropy.”

Everytime I read TechCrunch, the comments get worse and worse.

By: davis

davis — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:07:26 +0000

why is it that there are so many change.org shills on this discussion! It’s an OK site but very much in the pocket of Big Philanthropy, the kind of organizations that have zero accountability and pay their CEOs $400K per year.

By: TechCrunch Japanese

TechCrunch Japanese — Fri, 25 May 2007 08:09:20 +0000

Facebook上の「大義」サービスがローンチ…

3月の終り頃、利他主義と社会的大義にバイラルの原理を適用したスタートアップとしてProject Agapeのことを書いた（「Project Agape」は仮の名前で、正式名称はまだ決まっていない）。今日….

By: Project

Project — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:18:45 +0000

Matt, Facebook is no longer the domain of the student. Almost everybody at my workplace has signed up over the past month and love the experience. Thats around 200 people. I think I read that the Microsoft network has 10,000 people. Thats a 6th of its entire workforce. Apple, Google, Yahoo - 3,000 members.

By: Dan Birdwhistell

Dan Birdwhistell — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:02:40 +0000

Ok so I got in and have been playing around with it. First off, Matt, you are wrong –> it’s not college kids just on facebook, and even if it was, they will shell out money, especially if it can be seen by other members. It’s a way to articulate one’s identity and functions the exactly as buying a t-shirt with the same cause on it.

My issue with “causes” as it is structured now is that it’s really actually not that different than the existing groups. the main functionality is that it can be added to one’s profile and allows for donations. It also has a lot of “not really causes” causes on there. I’ll be interesting to see how they moderate it all.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 25 May 2007 04:29:31 +0000

I don’t see college kids shelling out credit card donations to non-profits. These guys think too highly of their target demographic.

By: Jordan Nav

Jordan Nav — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:35:45 +0000

P.S. (whoops) you have to add the “Causes” application first, and then you can browse individual causes.

By: Jordan Nav

Jordan Nav — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:35:12 +0000

http://apps.f8.facebook.com/causes/browse_causes

By: Dan Birdwhistell

Dan Birdwhistell — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:50:39 +0000

Hmmm…yes now showing of it actually on the site just yet. Also, what is this “PhiloticDev” icon on your sidebar, mike?

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:30:54 +0000

Looks good to me, now I just need to find a link to it to check it out, don’t see it on my menu.

By: Grant M

Grant M — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:21:47 +0000

Arrington & All-

If anyone wants to toy around in the new facebook, with facebook development documentation, apps and all the features that are soon to be launching this is how you do it:

then visit:
http://f8.facebook.com

and you’re in:
http://developers.f8.facebook.com/

This whole concept is simply amazing, truly mind boggling.

-Grant

By: Zaid

Zaid — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:00:48 +0000

The big big question is: what is facebook’s strategy / attitude towards monetization both for itself and its partners?

This as technology is a great thing–but you can’t help think about all the conflicts that could arise from successful partners who want to monetize. If all I am getting are a billion views of my widget on facebook–the partner WOULD want to monetize it. Facebook would already be monetizing by getting users to stick around for longer due to the partner’s widgets.

By: Project

Project — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:04:14 +0000

Wow. This is a pretty innovative way to use the platform. I can see it really taking off around sponsored runs at marathons for instance.

By: Dekut.com

Dekut.com — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:53:10 +0000

Causes On Facebook Launches…

We wrote about Project Agape, a new startup that is applying viral principles to altruism and social causes, in late March (”Project Agape” is a working name for the service, it is yet to be formally named). Today, the service is launching as one o…

By: MJK

MJK — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:43:57 +0000

Does anyone know how this platform will be offered? Is it going to be open to anyone or just “partners”?

MJK
http://www.profilefly.com
Aggregate and Promote your Online Identity

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:39:56 +0000

Hey Max,

This is Danny from Change.org. We’re very excited about the Facebook Platform and are already working on integration, which will hopefully be ready very soon. As you know, we released our full feature set earlier this week and are thrilled with the feedback and enthusiasm.

In addition to fundraising, this platform will allow us to extend our tools for online activism to the entire Facebook community. For example, on Change.org users can lobby Congress by coordinating emails and internet-based phone calls using the sort of tools that until now have been exclusively available to large organizations. Users can also organize rallies, meet-ups, and volunteer opportunities.

The Change.org community has grown substantially this week, and we’re looking forward to reaching new people.

By: CRed

CRed — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:39:07 +0000

thanks michael.