Facebook co-founder launches social network Jumo for social good
Jumo launched recently which looks to be a major avenue in connecting those wanting to serve the community and others, with those organizations/people that need it. It uses social networking/Facebook for the greater good, rather then the status updates, witty photo comments, and numerous pokes that otherwise occupy our time on that site. By signing up through Facebook Connect, a user can sign up and specify what areas they are interested in. Jumo then goes and does the leg work of matching you with potential opportunities.
I am very enthusiastic about this new portal because I feel it represents an incremental step in the populations innate intention of helping each other. I hope this gains momentum and becomes the standard for volunteering opportunities as Facebook currently is for social networking, LinkedIn currently is for business networking, and Google is currently for general searching.
My only objection is that it requires a Facebook account. While Facebook has a good amount of people (something like 500 million or so), it still eliminates billions of others. Every person matters, so I hope for the ability to opt in without Facebook.
If someone has already signed up and used it, please provide feedback on what you think of the service. Is it worth the hype that has been advertised because it does seem very promising.
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