An online art project and social experiment, A Little Giving allows people to recieve small random gifts from strangers..thus brightening one's day and enhancing global happiness.
It works like this, in a nutshell
1. you post your address 2. people send you stuff 3. you post pics and comment online about the stuff you recieved-- simonj, Oct 28 2010 Behold! The halfbaked became baked! http://alittlegiving.blogspot.com/didn't take long to whip up actually [simonj, Oct 28 2010] Freecycle http://www.freecycle.org/What a good idea. [8th of 7, Oct 28 2010] That would be a nice thing. How do you stop the losers who deface facebook memorial pages from doing their thing on this site?-- infidel, Oct 28 2010 Eternal vigilance I suppose...-- simonj, Oct 28 2010 Are the gift recipients anonymous, or are they your favourite blogger, twitterer, halfbaker?
I sometimes read blogs and feel the urge to send the the blogger a book that either: a) I think they would enjoy, or b) would prompt an enjoyable blog entry or book review. However I don't because they probably would feel weird about receiving books from strangers.
All that is really needed is a comment on their blog, that gifts are welcome (perhaps with a PayPal account number, or Amazon.com wish list link).
If the idea is anonymous-to-anonymous gifting the problem I can see with this idea is that recipients will outnumber givers. Maybe make it more like a secret-santa gift ring so you have to be a giver to be a receiver.-- xaviergisz, Oct 28 2010 Hi xaviergisz, I had thought of this as stranger-to-stranger...I suppose the "payoff" for the giver would be to see their gift up on the blog, and maybe read nice things about themselves.-- simonj, Oct 28 2010 I like and I would like a little lacey thingamajig sent directly to me. I would then send a sort of same like thing to someone, rather promptly.-- blissmiss, Oct 28 2010 Ooh, lingerie exchange. How do I determine sizes?-- normzone, Oct 28 2010 I'll send you one of my red 42EE numbers, with matching briefs, [blissmiss]. Deal?-- infidel, Oct 28 2010 Ooh, yes, I would like to receive strange homemade contraptions and devices. But I hesitate to post my address in case I start receiving death threats and packets of dog poo.-- pocmloc, Oct 28 2010 well if you're prepared to take the risk...the site's live!-- simonj, Oct 28 2010 Isn't this like answering random posts on Freecycle?-- hippo, Oct 28 2010 Not sure..I'm not familiar with Freecycle-- simonj, Oct 28 2010 <link>
// one of my red 42EE numbers, with matching briefs //
Oooh ! Oooh ! Yes please !
// death threats and packets of dog poo //
What about death threats OR packets of dog poo...?-- 8th of 7, Oct 28 2010 Anyone else want to volunteer to get stuff from your fellow half-bakers? You can use an alias if you like.-- simonj, Oct 28 2010 Me-- blissmiss, Oct 29 2010 random, halfbakery