A social network for a good cause

The growing trend of websites established to drive the internet population into doing good actions with their spare time has brought us a new social network, Jumo.

Jumo aims at make it easier for people to connect with the professionals working in a lot of fields in order to make changes happen. It was launched a few weeks ago by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.

How does Jumo works? You will need your Facebook login name to connect with thousands of good causes and keep up to date with those you feel most passionate about.

Registration is fast and simple; on the homepage simply click “Sign Up” and Jumo will request permission to access your Facebook data. Click “Allow” and you’ll be taken to a page where you’ll need to fill in a short form with the usual registration data. Once you’re done click “Create my Account” to finalise the process.

Next you’ll be required to choose which issues you are most interested in before Jumo suggests who and what to follow. There are seven topics to rate and choose from.

Then you'll be able to choose what projects you want to follow:

Once you’re done with that you’ll be taken to your main page where you’ll see updates on the projects you’re interested in, suggested projects and issues, which all have their own pages, and much more.

I think that as a service designed to raise awareness and help individuals choose causes that are right for them, Jumo works. Whether it’ll be successful that depends on how the projects and causes engage the audience so only time will tell.

Good initiative though!