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Ask HN: Would you use my social reforestation app?

1 pointsby zackproseralmost 6 years ago
I&#x27;m building an app that will make it stupid simple and fast to purchase trees that will be replanted in major reforestry projects around the world:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;treespree.io<p>The app will encourage you to invite friends to form teams. The teams will drive leaderboards, gamification and hopefully some virality. You&#x27;ll get stats and maps on where your trees went.<p>Social reforestation as a service, in light of insights like these: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2019&#x2F;jul&#x2F;04&#x2F;planting-billions-trees-best-tackle-climate-crisis-scientists-canopy-emissions<p>Would you use this app if I built it and contribute $5? $20?

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latexralmost 6 years ago
&gt; Would you use this app if I built it<p>No, because of the gamification angle:<p>&gt; The app will encourage you to invite friends to form teams. The teams will drive leaderboards, gamification and hopefully some virality.<p>I wouldn’t want yet another app trying to manipulate my behaviour[1], even if for an ostensibly good reason[2]. I’m unsure if competing around “which team does the most good” is a healthy way to solve the problem.<p>But I applaud your cause and might reference the app’s existence to some people on that basis. Whether I’d do that or not would depend on the implementation.<p>[1]: Though I appreciate your honesty.<p>[2]: What happens if incentives shift?
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zackproseralmost 6 years ago
FWIW, I started putting together mockups here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mocks.treespree.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mocks.treespree.io&#x2F;</a>