Humanity Box
Web and SaaS
charity ad network
SHOW HN2014
68points
36comments
#463of 2,272 in 2014
Top 21%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Pricing: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Idea praised as a good way to do charity
From 3 comments
I can't express how much I love this idea. This is excellent way to go about it. I hope you will grow as a platform and this can be standard way to be charitable.
desireco42 on HNThis is great. You should work to get publishers to donate x% of ad inventory to charity of their choosing. They can then write off the inventory's value for tax purposes too.
jasonlbaptiste on HNit is very inspiring to see that how people are really contributing to pushing humanity forward. Kudos for your work.
justplay on HN
Objections
GiveForward is for-profit and charges donor fees; seen as profiting from emotion
From 4 comments
"No money ever changes hands with Humanity Box", but their partner, GiveForward, a for-profit company, seems to charge fees: http://www.giveforward.com/learn#fees. GiveForward's…
omphalos on HN> "Many non-profits spend up to 40% of their resources fundraising...At GiveForward, almost all donations go directly to a person or family." I might be misunderstanding, but…
eli on HNI agree. I am 100% for social entreprise, but something about GiveFoward's for-profit model has always rubbed me the wrong way. In fact, I'd say what they are doing gives social…
unclebucknasty on HNI think you site is just mock piece for GiveForward. Sort of shill but smart way. Why not mention in direct and bold words that GiveForward is going to charge money to donors ?…
chinloops on HN
Not using IAB standard ad sizes
From 2 comments
Nice initiative, please consider adopting IAB standard ad sizes like 300x250, 728x90, 468x60, etc so you can access to more remnant inventory. Right now many ad companies use…
dfgonzalez on HN+1 to this. as much as i despise IAB sized advertising, it is the standard and you'll get more adoption.
jasonlbaptiste on HN
Hosting requires trusting the maker's content; wants local hosting
From 2 comments
Give me a means to host this on my site so that I don't share my users' data and browsing habits with you, and I've got a couple places I'll be happy set it up. For example, a…
GrinningFool on HNUmmm... maybe? It could work but wouldn't be as preferable - only because that means that for as long as I'm including that on my site, I have to trust you to Do the Right Thing…
GrinningFool on HN
Requests
Use IAB standard ad sizes
From 2 comments
Nice initiative, please consider adopting IAB standard ad sizes like 300x250, 728x90, 468x60, etc so you can access to more remnant inventory. Right now many ad companies use…
dfgonzalez on HN+1 to this. as much as i despise IAB sized advertising, it is the standard and you'll get more adoption.
jasonlbaptiste on HN
Add analytics for blog impact
From 1 comment
Awesome! I just added it be the separator between blog posts on http://dojo4.com/blog. Can I see how much our blog helps these causes? It would be cool to get some analytics.
miles_matthias on HN
Self-hosted embed option
From 1 comment
Give me a means to host this on my site so that I don't share my users' data and browsing habits with you, and I've got a couple places I'll be happy set it up. For example, a…
GrinningFool on HN
Questions
Is GiveForward's fee structure disclosed clearly
From 2 comments
"No money ever changes hands with Humanity Box", but their partner, GiveForward, a for-profit company, seems to charge fees: http://www.giveforward.com/learn#fees. GiveForward's…
omphalos on HNI think you site is just mock piece for GiveForward. Sort of shill but smart way. Why not mention in direct and bold words that GiveForward is going to charge money to donors ?…
chinloops on HN
Alternatives named
Project Wonderful
From 1 comment
Project Wonderful has been doing a similar thing for a very long time: https://www.projectwonderful.com
minimaxir on HN