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Twitter now has it's own currency, the twollar.
As you might expect in a financial crisis, the twollars are free. If you have a Twitter account, you now have 50 Twollars and 10 Twollars are equal to one U.S. dollar (a real one.)
So what's up with Twollars? They only have value when purchased from charities.
Twitter users can give Twollars to each other, but only the charity can convert the Twollar into hard currency.
Charity Water has already raised more than $1,500 and fCamfed and Vitamin Angels also running successful fundraisers.
Twitter is working to become the friend of charities. #charitytuesday was started to give charities a once a week chance to inform and educate via Tweets.
Twitter is an excellent platform for this activity because it allows even the smallest charity to reach a large audience. We hope to get hundreds or perhaps thousands of charities using Twollars and at the same time raising awareness of their causes through Twitter.
So how does a charity actually get Dollars (or Euros or Pounds)?Charities can exchange their Twollars with businesses, corporations, organisations and individuals that choose to donate ‘real’ currency to them. In effect, they are selling their Twollars.
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