On the positive tip, however, I think it fantastic to conceptualize the system where you could put out good stuff and get good stuff as well.

One feature I’d like to suggest is some sort of internal accounting system. It would work like this: a user would add a positive story, anecdote, poem, whatever, and that use would get a credit for the contribution. Let’s call it a “PosiCredit”.

It would be very cool if a system could be devised that actually took the contribution and analyzed it. I suppose something similar to a search engines algorithm analyzing of a web page. Then that post would have attached to it a host of metrics that could be used in this next part.

None of us are “up” or “happy” 100% of the time, right? Well, in this system if the user on a down day/time were able to send an email, text message, log into the site (all depending upon where they are when they need it) they could request a deposit from their “account”. And if they don’t have any PosiCredits, that’s okay too, they’ll just have a deficit that they can repay when they are feeling better and have the ability to pay back good works into the system.

And if their request is somehow matched up to the works they have been contributing, that would be cool. Or perhaps they could request a pick me up from a specific category? The person is out, stuck in horrific traffic, so they text “TRAFFIC” to the service, which sees they are requesting SMS, so they send the proper size message, and format for receipt to the requester.

Good stuff going on ’round here!

Go Boldly!

I created something similar to what you talked about a while back, yet haven’t had time to really promote it. http://thoughtfog.com