Some recommended sites

I just want to mention two website I’ve been using lately:

First pardus: Pardus is a web based MMOPG. It is situated in the far future and reminds me of Privateer with a very ugly web interface. As with that game you have various paths of earning reputation and money: trading, pirating, bounty hunting are only some of them. Despite the ugly interface it makes lots of fun, interaction with other players is mandatory for good gameplay.

Second kiva.org: Kiva is the attempt to utilize internet users to gain the assets for micro-credits in the developing countries. Visitors of the site can read the descriptions of various proposals and lend small amounts of money through their paypal account. As soon as the targeted amount of money is reached, it is transfered to a local company that manages the micro credit and payed to the applicant. The local representative seeks that the credit will be repayed. There is a very high propability that the lended money is payed back and can be redirected (by the user) towards a new credit or be taken back by the lender. There is no interest rate payed to the lender and the local partner take around two percent (which is subtracted from the money the receiver gets) for handling.

I do like the idea as it shows how the internet can connect people. On the lending side there are many people that would spent small amounts of money each, on the other side are few people that need relativly little money for short periods (around one year). If this can beat traditional credit companies, so be it. At least it is more effective than traditional development aids.

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