<a href="http://villages.cc/" target="_blank">http://villages.cc</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ryan Fugger</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arv@ryanfugger.com">arv@ryanfugger.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:15 AM<br>Subject: [Ripple] Announcing Villages.cc<br>To: Ripple Project <<a href="mailto:rippleusers@googlegroups.com">rippleusers@googlegroups.com</a>><br><br><br>Hi everyone. 狢 recently launched Villages.cc as a Ripple system that<br>
has a marketplace and discoverable user profiles:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://villages.cc" target="_blank">http://villages.cc</a><br>
<br>
It's basically a social barter network with Ripple as the accounting<br>
system. �To simplify things, since Ripple is already complicated<br>
enough the first time most people encounter it, the only units are<br>
hours, and credit limits are set by users giving each other "hearts"<br>
as endorsements, which is useful by itself as a reputation metric<br>
separate from any Ripple accounting.<br>
<br>
I'm hoping that this will be more useful and usable than Ripplepay for<br>
most people. 狢f it proves useful, I intend to merge Villages and<br>
Ripplepay accounts onto a common backend server, so Villages accounts<br>
would be accessible through Ripplepay as well. 袠ight now, though I<br>
want to see if Villages can grow given enough attention.<br>
<br>
Please check it out and sign up if you'd like to create a profile.<br>
You must be endorsed by an existing user to join, but I will endorse<br>
anyone I recognize from this list who fills out the sign-up form.<br>
Most likely there won't be any users in your area yet, so I'm counting<br>
on you to invite some! �The goal is to enable face-to-face<br>
transactions, not just interaction over the internet.<br>
<br>
Let me know what you think. �Thanks.<br>
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Ryan<br>
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