PledgeBank
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| I'll do it, but only if you'll help | |
| Collective Action Website | |
| languages | english , german |
| operator | mySociety |
| Registration | optional |
| programming language | FreeBSD , Linux , PHP , Perl , Python , Apache , MySQL , PostgreSQL |
| On-line | 2008 (currently inactive (2015)) |
| https://www.pledgebank.com | |
The PledgeBank was a website for the coordination of collective action , on which oaths ( English : pledge , promise ) to collaborate on a project or on a goal can be taken. The motto of the PledgeBank was “I'll do it, but only if you'll help” (German: I'll do it, but only if you help ) and describe the common form of the individual pledges (i.e. the individual promises), Ich Donate X for Y, if Z people promise to do the same . The operator was the non-profit organization mySociety .
Foundation and history
It was founded by a community of volunteers in the form of the mySociety organization ; the additional full-time programmers were financed by grants and donations from the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister .
The end of the project was announced in January 2015.
Pledges
In principle, all conceivable promises are possible, but with reservations, e.g. obscenities are excluded.
Probability of success
An unspecified evaluation of pledges that involved donating money showed a typical rate of three-quarters paying participants.
Examples ( selection )
The founding of the Open Rights Group in 2005 was put through PledgeBank with the words A standing order for 5 pounds to an organization that advocates for digital rights within the United Kingdom, provided that 1,000 other people set it up by December 25, 2005. financed.
Tony Blair , then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, promised to sponsor a sports club in 2006 if 100 other public figures join in. He reached the required number of supporters in July.
See also
Web links
- pledgebank.com - official website
- github.com/pledgebank - Source code from pledebank.com on Github
Individual evidence
- ↑ Goodbye to some old friends Discontinued page from January 28, 2015 - Accessed February 25, 2016.
- ↑ pledgebank.com/faq - Frequently Asked Questions on pledgebank.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
- ↑ Pledge “rights” ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , pledgebank.com. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- ↑ pledgebank.com/sportclubpatrons , Tony Blair's Promise on pledgebank.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
