Comments on: freerice.com - improve your vocabulary while saving lives http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/ What we're talking about in the Upstream office Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:11:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dave http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/#comment-129 Dave Tue, 13 May 2008 13:32:20 +0000 http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/#comment-129 @Ranjan: Your comment prompted me to do a bit of research (to be honest the idea that it was a scam had never occurred to me, since they're not taking any of my money), and it seems that a site called dailycow.org has proved that freerice is a 'scam' in that they don't actually send as much rice as they claim - see blog entry @ http://dailycow.org/node/207 - but as also stated on dailycow, "at least FreeRice is doing SOMETHING!". They also admit that if the site admin is savvy enough to block bot activity on FreeRice, the results of their 'investigation' are pretty much null and void. FreeRice.com does feature a video of one of their early rice consignments being sent out, so they are actively doing *something* for developing and under-developed nations, which, apart from clicking a few words a day, is more than I can say for myself! @Ranjan:

Your comment prompted me to do a bit of research (to be honest the idea that it was a scam had never occurred to me, since they’re not taking any of my money), and it seems that a site called dailycow.org has proved that freerice is a ’scam’ in that they don’t actually send as much rice as they claim - see blog entry @ http://dailycow.org/node/207 - but as also stated on dailycow, “at least FreeRice is doing SOMETHING!”.

They also admit that if the site admin is savvy enough to block bot activity on FreeRice, the results of their ‘investigation’ are pretty much null and void.

FreeRice.com does feature a video of one of their early rice consignments being sent out, so they are actively doing *something* for developing and under-developed nations, which, apart from clicking a few words a day, is more than I can say for myself!

]]> By: Ranjan http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/#comment-128 Ranjan Fri, 09 May 2008 07:05:12 +0000 http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/#comment-128 i've gone through this. Is this site really providing food for orpahn and and poor children???? i’ve gone through this.

Is this site really providing food for orpahn and and poor children????

]]> By: John Bennet http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/#comment-122 John Bennet Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:36:52 +0000 http://www.upstreamconnections.com/blog/2008/04/28/freericecom-improve-your-vocabulary-while-saving-lives/#comment-122 Another great charity site is AIDtoCHILDREN.com. It donates money to children in need through World Vision. AIDtoCHILDREN.com is a dual-purpose site for building an English vocabulary and raising money for under privileged children in the most impoverished places around the world. Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com Another great charity site is AIDtoCHILDREN.com. It donates money to children in need through World Vision.

AIDtoCHILDREN.com is a dual-purpose site for building an English vocabulary and raising money for under privileged children in the most impoverished places around the world.

Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com

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