Hi guys,
You seem to like calling people…unfortunately, Make Good is no longer involved with the site, please stop calling them. Greedy or Need is back under the Cambrian House roof. If you have any issues, you can email me at blue _at_ cambrianhouse _dot_ com.

I’ll make sure everything is up to date this afternoon for everyone.
Have a great day (and Thanksgiving, if you’re in Canada),
Blue

Over the last few months Greedy or Needy has been running monthly wishing contests, but you our community members have asked that we try to speed up the wishing process to make things more exciting on the site. So starting in the month of September Greedy or Needy will be going bi… as in bi-weekly with our wishing contests.

We will be taking the current monthly prize pool of $200 ( $100 for Needy wishes, $100 for Greedy wishes ) and splitting it into two contest rounds. Prizes of $50 for Greedy wishes, and $50 for Needy wishes will be awarded every two weeks.

This means you’ll have to hustle your buns to promote your wish over a shorter two week period, and you’ll have to start getting creative about writing your wishes. Look for the change to hit after the August wishing round has ended. Look for the change to hit in September.

Well, here they are, the wish winners for July 2009 as chosen by the Greedy or Needy community:

Ariel wins $100 in the Needy category for a little help from her friends.

jeannebug wins $50 in the Greedy category for some snappy science.

lilmrsmchenry wins $35 in the Greedy category to show her patriotic side.

Dens Better Half scores the last of the Greedy pot, $15, for some oh-so-soft-and-fluffy towels.

Congratulations to all the winners in the July wishing round!

We know its been a crazy time over here at GoN with the new server switch, but we just couldnt resist dropping a new treat for everyone.

You can now add a Chip-In badge to any wish you create!

We heard how important this was to you and we want to empower everyone to give generously to those in need. This is a step that makes it easier than ever.

Hope you enjoy it and happy giving!

Doug

-Doug

Dear Community,

Due to the current economic environment, we here at GoN have had to make some tough decisions as of late. As some of you have noticed, a few of these pressures have taken their toll on the community here at GoN, and we apologize for any of these technical mishaps.

We are not trying to make a profit with GoN. Rather we see value and want to invest in a community of people who support one another and help bring joy into the lives of those who are need of a helping hand. However the costs with running a site of this magnitude are very high, so we will not be continuing to fund the weekly wish round portion.

Instead we will be moving to a monthly system, where $200 will be given out on the 7th of every month in the same Greedy or Needy categories fpr the time being. Everything else on the site will remain the same. We know this is unfortunate, but we hope that you can understand the reasonings behind it.

We will also be moving to a new server sometime in the next 2 days, so the entire site will be down for an hour over this time. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience and disruption.

Thanks for your patience & for being apart of this amazing community

If you have any questions, you can ask me in the forum or PM, and I will try to answer them all.

-Doug & the GoN staff

In the wake of all the tremendously destructive power of Hurricane season, I think it is really important that we rally around those Greedy or Needy community members that have been unfortunately affected by these forces of nature. The next month will be an extremely difficult time for many and our support is needed. The always amazing product of disastrous events is the community support and care that surrounds it. We are all blessed to be able to connect with others anywhere in the world through the power of the internet, and the community of GoN is one of the best out there for caring for those in need.

So lets all make sure we remember all those struggling through a tough time, no matter where they are on the globe, as they are all part of the same community. Spectacular things happen when passionate people come together, even in the wake of disaster and strife. Lets be thankful that we can reach out and connect, whether through granting a wish, giving a call, posting on a forum, donating to the Red Cross, or saying a prayer. Everything helps, lets each do our part.

-Doug

Is that inbox a little too crowded?

Well if you are struggling under the incredible weight of popularity, then feel free to stem the flow of friend requests with a new feature we just rolled out.

If you go to My Account->Edit Profile->Options you will find a new checkbox that you can check off that makes you non-addable (is that a word?) You asked for it, and here it is!

Enjoy!

Doug

We here at MakeGood and GreedyOrNeedy respect your privacy, and want to give you the most options available to make sure your experience with the community is as positive as possible.

That is why we have introduced a new feature that can allow you to block and unblock members from sending you messages on the most private part of the site- your inbox. If you go into “My Messages” you will notice that the new feature has been added that facilitates this.

Of course, because GoN is such an amazing community, be sure to only use this as a last resort- because as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Peace cannot be achieved through violence (blocking people), it can only be attained through understanding (sorting things out in the forums!).” Ya I paraphrased that just a tad… but it is true!

We also have rolled out the ability to post wishes for things other than money. So if just want to post for a hug, a prayer, or as Todd said, perogies, them guess what- You can do it!

Enjoy, and keep on gettin’ your wish on
Doug

Another week, another batch of great changes for yall!

The development team has been hard at work and has released a few great new changes.

You might find it easier to delete all those outstanding friend requests/friend removals now to make your inbox bright and shiny. You also might notice a new little button on the bottom of your inbox called ” Move Messages To”. It will let you mass folderize all the messages you receive and maybe let you sort out all the drama easier

Enjoy!

-Doug

As a bunch of you noticed already, there are some shiny new changes to help make the GoN experience just that much better!

There are 2 major changes you can see right now. You asked for ‘em and here they are…

1) Users can remove a wish from their favorite wishes easily
2) New icon underneath everyone’s avatars that links them to the their recent activity.

Hope you like them!

We will be rolling out some other changes next week, and we will keep you posted

Happy Wishin!

Doug