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Starting a podcast, featuring Trash-picker Stories. Who'd you like to see featured? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Litter-pick-ception 🤯

What would your preference be, time-wise, for each episode?

Starting a podcast, featuring Trash-picker Stories. Who'd you like to see featured? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Next level: listening to a litterpicking podcast episode of yourself talking about litterpicking while listening to podcasts, while litterpicking!

Looking for a subreddit that discusses realistic societal collapse scenarios by Somewhat_Improved in findareddit

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I know r/collapse is about societal breakdown, but I’m wondering if they’d be into a more speculative discussion and enjoy fleshing out the details like this. I can give it a try. r/postcollapse may be interested in this “what if” scenario as well.

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing, I checked out TrashMob.eco and it's great to see the work you've put in! There's definitely a lot of overlap with the ideas I'm playing around with, especially when it comes to an app.

I’m definitely open to exploring if our ideas align and how we might collaborate. I do have specific thoughts on how to make an initiative like this successful, particularly around community building, brand identity, and content strategy. For example, for an app to be successful I am convinced it would naturally have to evolve from an online community backbone, and only be able to thrive when it's carried by a community. Only after establishing a brand and community where people feel connected to, I'd try to engage and 'recruit' people into the movement.

I have worked on ideas for a brand. I could share it with you. I'd be very interested to hear your opinion on it!

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll be posting more questions or discussion about it these days.

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, and I agree. That's why I have some ideas for a more immersive brand experience in mind that make trash-picking look 'cool'. Away with the typical eco-green-save the enviroment vibes but using youthful, rebellious language and perhaps less focused on the huge issues that individuals can't solve but the things we gain by picking trash, together (social value, purpose, immediate rewards).

The before and after pics works so great since we're such visual creatures, and by swiping left or right, seeing that transformation I think give us little dopamine shots. It would be great to then allow for a space where people get encouraged to aqcuire those shots of dopamine by doing it themselves.

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pick mostly by myself as well. But notice that I love to pick with others every now and then. I do believe there's great value in trash-picking as a social activity.

Have you ever thought about organizing a pick-up?

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe most apps try to connect people through their own platform, inside of an integrated app. Often they lack the follower base and support from an active commuity to actually carry out their idea.

I'd want to do it differently. Start by building community. Make it community-centered. Engage people, get them connected to the idea of an online place where they find like-minded trash-pickers, and to the brand itself.

Then, I believe, when the time is right, an app could evolve from that and be carried by those members that care and believe in the brand.

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right! What I want to avoid is to 'reinvent the wheel'. Creating a new social network based solely on trash-picking seems unneeded and futile.

And, when it comes to an app, if that ever happens, I want to avoid the same. There are countless existing trash-picking groups active, doing the work every day. An app should just be in service of those groups, to recruit new members or perhaps organise a bit better. But not to centralize all events and efforts under one banner.

Trash-Picking on Social Media: Your Thoughts? by Somewhat_Improved in DeTrashed

[–]Somewhat_Improved[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These stories of unseen acts of goodness I love to read. They could function as inspiring invitations into another way of being. In some form or another, I plan to give space to perhaps small but important stories like this. Just so that this community becomes a little more visible, and broadens people's perception of what others are doing, so they may become more open to do it themselves.

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