A single ranking of companies makes sense if I wanted to throw money at someone, but if I'm volunteering I want to find a good match. That means a more personalized algorithm combing project missions with kind of work.
I like the idea of assignments because they're like challenges and that's motivating. But the work modules each org is offering should be better filterable and searchable, and one should be able to change one's assignments. My experience with volunteers is that we are much more likely to do something we care about. My experience with non-profits is that we can take all the help, both amount and variety, we can get!
I also think the down-voting is offense (that's why I moved to hn rather than reddit, so I guess I'm not surprised). Some of the orgs near the bottom seem pretty good, but now they're the unpopular kids at the party.
Agreed that it would be ideal to let people select the projects that are most interesting to them or for which they are best fit. Once there is a list of needed projects from non-profits, what would you propose is the best way to make this match?
A single ranking of companies makes sense if I wanted to throw money at someone, but if I'm volunteering I want to find a good match. That means a more personalized algorithm combing project missions with kind of work.
I like the idea of assignments because they're like challenges and that's motivating. But the work modules each org is offering should be better filterable and searchable, and one should be able to change one's assignments. My experience with volunteers is that we are much more likely to do something we care about. My experience with non-profits is that we can take all the help, both amount and variety, we can get!
I also think the down-voting is offense (that's why I moved to hn rather than reddit, so I guess I'm not surprised). Some of the orgs near the bottom seem pretty good, but now they're the unpopular kids at the party.