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RE: I'm not mad... I'm just disappointed.
With so many projects going, some hard to be verified some just poorly thought of, a lot of "good" stuff will slip through the cracks.
You are disappointed you raised 180$ from 3 posts? would you have raised more begging in the streets? I am not sure but I think what you should be is GRATEFUL.
Yes, it could do A LOT better and children always deserve more but this is just the beginning.
I envision a future steemit where we could "donate" to good causes a percentage of rewards automatically, have a clear tag ' donations " that would work real well.
The future is bright when it comes to donations and helping people in need.
Patience is needed though.
Thanks for the detailed response. I'll start by saying I am grateful, you're right, any amount is a good amount and it would have been hard to collect it on the street (I wouldn't be begging however) but not actually impossible. The potential here vs that on the street is overwhelming and at points staggering.
I am disappointed because even with a lot of "good" stuff slipping through the cracks these posts didn't even begin to break out. The first post, even with a lot of users upvoting ( very quickly I might add) numbers didn't make any difference without bigger fish jumping in. I do consider myself to be patient but maybe it was just my imagination running wild that I could make this happen so quickly.
I will find a way, and of course won't give up anytime soon. I do like your ideas and its something that would be very interesting to ad to steemit. Something sillier to Godaddy except you 'Round Down' for a cause! I did also try to add clear tags, except if they don't get trending they are hard to find.
The future is defiantly bright, I agree!
I've been homeless for years but never begged. I've seen frequently seen beggars make over $100/hour though.
I'm afraid that the pyramid/ponzi nature of this platform will make positive interaction between users and good causes a real struggle because there are so many here with the sole purpose of getting a hit and cashing out. These people are flooding the system with so much crap that the good stuff just doesn't have a chance. I'm glad that they opensourced the code though because I do see potential in the platform with a few minor changes to make posts more visible and to demotivate those with less than altruistic intent.