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187 votes
give points for signing online petitions and sending letters
give a point or so for signing online petitions through non-profit organizations. give more points for sending personal letters, as opposed to the simple generic kind commonly used as template, on issues relating to the charity of choice.
give points for raising awareness in various ways that pr... moreStatus: under reviewThose are some great ideas for more ways to get points, the ones you've suggested are great do you guys have any more ideas on ways to get points?
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100 votes
Donations section to your favorite cause
Why not add a section where people could donate 1c to $10 day/week/month/year to there favorite cause,as well as keep a log of the total amount donated on the side bar that would be cool and maybe make this viewable to the public. You could also have a member of the day section on the bottom of t... more
Status: plannedDonations are coming in a future release of the site!
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72 votes
browser support
Chrome is becoming an increasingly popular browser - will I be able to use Chrome and support Better The World? And what about other browsers like Opera or Safari?
Status: startedAccording to http://www.chromeplugins.org/extensions/google-chrome-to-have-extensionsplugins-by-may-2009/ Google will be supporting extensions like Firefox as early as May. We plan to support Google Chrome with a sidebar plug-in as soon as possible.
Re: Safari, at this point Apple has not made plans to make their browser extensible, so there are no plans to develop a sidebar for it.
Re: Opera, we are currently looking into the feasibility of building a sidebar for it.
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54 votes
Make user profiles searchable
It would be cool if I could search for my friends' profiles and see how many points they have. I'm a competitive person ;)
The members section of you website needs more than just top supporters.
Status: startedGreat idea! We're currently looking to do a 'friends & groups' function on the site so you can compare your progress against your friends; we'll try to get this up within the next couple of months. For now, unfortunately you'll need to email your friends to find out their handle...
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35 votes
Vote For New Charities
Like others, I'd like to see more charities/causes that we can choose from but I'd like to take it a step further. I don't know how the partners selection is done but I would like the public to have their say. A list of charities should be provided so people can vote on their favourites. That wa... more
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29 votes
Create fun games that help and teach people
I think it would be nice to support some cites like freerice.com by promoting it in your cite.That game is amazing and fun,plus it helps people!Isn't that another way of helping people online?or create another fun program like that
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27 votes
Give Points EVERY time a member Tweets about Better The World on Twitter!
Give Points EVERY time a member Tweets about Better The World on Twitter! Currently, points are given ONLY once per week. More tweets = more free promo for BTW. *smile* (NOTE: Limit to 1 Twitter account to negate point boosting using multiple, fake Twitter accounts.)
Status: startedThis is actually a feature that we are working on now! So stay tuned and we'll let you know when this function will be available.
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24 votes
Peference Options
It would be nice if the sidebar could be on either the left or right side of the browser. (done through preferences of course) It would be nice if it could be set so that when I click on 'profile,' or something in the side bar, that I can set it to either open a new window, or open in a new tab, ... more
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22 votes
Total $ raised by individual on profile
Show how much money you have raised individually on your profile. A little different than showing the goals but might help people join if they can see the actual $ value someone is able to raise.
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20 votes
Add a newsletter that you opt-in to, to get points.
Receive the Better The World newsletter and receive XX amount of points every time you get it.
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19 votes
Display the Completed Goals
I think it would be great if a list of all the completed goals was displayed for each of the causes, that way supporters could see what their work had already done...which would provide extra motivation to reach the current goal!
Status: startedWe're planning to put all completed goals into a new "impact" section of the website.
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17 votes
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13 votes
Have my "invite" populate with MSN, messenger, or mail list
When I invite people on facebook it automatically populates with my MSN user list. This makes it very easy to add 100's of people instantly. I also know nobody's email and going to check takes time and effort.
Status: plannedWe're looking to add a new feature to help make it easier to spread the word.
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12 votes
have a toolbar that we can get points as well everytime we use the search we'll get points.
in the toolbvar we cvan have other gadgets as well like icons,e-cards,games,newsletter that we'll get points everytime we use it.then we'll get to collect more points for our fav causes.'
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10 votes
indicate individual monetary contribution OR how many points = $1 (on average)
There should be some indication of how points equate to dollars. This is not only more transparency on BTW's behalf, which results in more trust and accountability from the users' standpoint, but it would also be really fascinating to keep track of.
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10 votes
Games for points
You should create simple games, like info games about charities, for points. The more you play, the more points you get.
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9 votes
Increased information visualization / trend tracking
It would be interesting to have trend data available in the sidebar, for instance how your cause is growing in membership, or charts depicting how your current goal has been approaching its final value, or charts depicting your point accumulation by day/week/month. It seems to me that might be a ... more
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9 votes
There should be a casue for the Gaza Strip
There is a major humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli assault. This group will be nothing political and no bias should be present, but there should be a cause to aid the citizens of Gaza since much of the strip has been destroyed, unemployment is nearly 40%, there is a... more
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9 votes
Goal feedback
I think we should get feedback from the people we help in each of these goals, so that we can hear how much we are helping the families and the people who need this. This would give people a strive to help just a bit more.
Status: startedThat's a great idea! I totally agree with you that this would be something that would encourage people to keep striving to complete goals as well as give goals more meaning. Does anyone else feel this way? Make sure you vote for ideas you'd like to see us implement!
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8 votes
work like goodsearch - let charities sign up. I'm looking for animal rights
Status: plannedWe plan to have this ability for charities to join in the new year - stay tuned for our upcoming contest!
