Technology and the Haiti earthquake
The “text Haiti to 90999″ campaign has raised a lot of money, despite the fact that modern technology has allowed more than one Haiti earthquake hoax to spread. Twitter bred a couple of hoaxes, including UPS to Haiti free shipping and airlines flying doctors to Haiti for free. However, the positive things that technology has done to help victims of the Haiti earthquake of 2010.
Some shady people will hijack the ease of technology, even though others will put it to good use. The text-to-donate campaigns, such as Haiti to 90999, that have been set up to help Haiti have been very successful, and it’s easy to see why.
Simple and sensible
Of course, people who are living paycheck-to-paycheck and regularly getting payday cash advances might not be able to afford to donate $ 10 to help people in Haiti. That said, most Americans would barely notice a scant $ 10 out of their budgets. Text-to-donate campaigns are genius because it makes it so incredibly easy to give. Plus, automatically setting it at a $ 10 donation, which is very affordable for most people, means that it’s so easy and inexpensive that people practically have to feel guilty if they don’t do it. And they should.
A lot of people might be wary of this method of donating because they fear it’s a hoax. The message to text Haiti to 90999 has been carried by most major news organizations. It’s also all over social networking sites, so I have seen the message posted by several friends who I trust and who I know are well-informed. You should be wary of text messages asking for money, but texting Haiti to 90999 is checking out, and has already raised $ 4 million. Other text to donate campaigns were able to raise money too. To donate to Wyclef Jean’s foundation, text Haiti to 501501, or text Haiti to 20222 to donate to the Clinton Foundation for Haiti earthquake relief.
