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January 31, 2008
There are no loosers here
"can i entice you to send ten bucks to children in cambodia?" reads the chat screen pop-up from my sister-in-law. It's not really about ten dollars, or children in Cambodia. It's about winning a competition for $50,000 which will go toward educating children in Cambodia.
After donating I go back to the leaderboard page, and refresh it obsessively watching the gap tighten between the current first place holder, educating children in India, and the children in Cambodia which is holding second place. 18 names, now 8 names, now two and finally tied with 1482 names each. It's as exciting as a horse race.
Being first or second does not matter in this contest, the top four charities each receive $50,000. There is no more incentive to be #1 than #4, except that you might not get bumped out at the last minute. I look down the list to see who is in fifth place; "Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso". This is absolutely brilliant. A competition with no loosers.
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Posted by Anna at January 31, 2008 11:14 AM