Free Rice

The Free Rice homepage announces, “For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the UN Food Program to help end hunger.”

1) Read the FAQ.

2) Play the game. Turn in a list of at least five words that you didn’t get right.

3) Write a short (between ½ a page and a page) proposal for a different, but similar, site. You should describe:

a) The cause that you would support.

b) The activity that your site visitors would perform to generate clicks. Remember that you want visitors to stay a long time. So it must be possible to generate new activities without substantial human intervention.

c) An argument for why people might want to spend their time at your site.

d) The business model. How will money flow to your site? The likely answer is that advertisers will pay for face time or for clicks, but you might have something else as well.

Note: Another site you might want to look at to get some ideas is Armchair Revolutionary, which launched in April, 2010.