Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Favorville: People Helping People
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One of the worst things about living in Fargo — believe me there are actually many, many good things about living here — is that sites like Favorville can’t live up to their potential. The concept behind Favorville is simple — find other people locally that you can swap favors with. You simply post a request which can be “seeking” or “offering” and hopefully you find somebody to exchange favors with. You can find everything from ‘help naming an application’ to ‘answers from a spiritual master’ but I doubt those two will end up getting in touch with each other.
Of course the problem in places like Fargo and other smaller cities is there just aren’t enough people using it, in fact favorville doesn’t even have Fargo as a location yet. I bet in places like San Francisco and Eugene, OR a site like this works much better because the nature of those towns encourages this type of bartering, and well hippyness (no offense Eugene!).
The concept they have is a wonderful one though that really fits into the current atmosphere of web 2.0 apps. Favorville sort of takes the core ideas of web 2.0 and applies them to the world outside of the web. I’d love to see this catch on, unfortunately like Craigs List and Freecycle I don’t know when Fargo will be able to support a site like this.
Now, are there any electricians in the Fargo area that need some help with a Web site, because boy do I have some electrical problems at home…
