The Director Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 So, there's this site some of you may have heard of. It's called "Freerice.com". For those of you who haven't heard of it, this site uses ad revenue that it gains from you playing a rather simple game to donate rice to those who need it. For every question you answer correctly, they donate 10 grains of rice. This adds up rather quickly, and is a nice way to do some good and pass the time, especially if you are bored. I myself have already donated 1900 grains of rice at the time of this post. It also allows you to brag to your facebook friends about how cool you are for giving food to those who don't have any. The game is rather simple as well. It gives you a word, and you pick one that either means the same thing, or nearly means the same thing. The difficulty increases as you answer questions correctly, but you can bring the difficulty back down if you feel the need to. You don't have to click the ads, you just have to play the game. For every question you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated. No surveys, no personal information gathering, no scams or tricks. 10 grains of rice doesn't sound like much, which is why I'm raising public awareness of it. If you and 10 friends answer one question, that's 100 grains. If 100 people answer 1 question, that's 1,000 grains. If 1 million people answer 10 questions, that's 100 million grains of rice. As you can see, it adds up fairly quickly. All you have to do to donate is go to freerice.com and answer the questions for a while. This site isn't blocked in most schools, and may not be blocked at your work. You don't even have to create a profile to donate. The profiles are so that you can keep track of what you've donated so far. In case you can't read it the picture of the website 1. This is where you keep track of what you've donated. 2. This is where you answer questions. 3. This is a little graphic representation of what you've donated so far. 4. This banner ad only appears when you've answered a question correctly. It's what pays for the rice. See? *the text below this states [sponsored banners displayed on correct answers pay for the rice donated]* 5. These are blogs, player activity trackers, and news stories that are related to hunger. Here is a thread started by Luke to keep track of the totals of forum members as well. http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/10772-helping-with-world-hunger-totals-and-targets/ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lᴜᴋᴇ Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Sound great, I'll give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkassassin Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Already played i donate 500 grams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skummgummigubbe Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 it sounds amazing, may give it a go later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ςHϵΑƨϵMΩηεTΞr Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Sounds very cool, but where do they get the money for the rice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Sounds very cool, but where do they get the money for the rice? Every time you answer a question correctly, there is a little banner ad. It's placed where you can see it, but not to where it's that noticeable. From showing you the ad, they make enough money to buy the rice. I'll put a screenshot up in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lᴜᴋᴇ Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Ok, I have an idea. Keep posting what you have earnt so far here, and then we can total up what we have earnt as a forum - so basically how many lives we've saved. How long will it take to get to 100,000 Pieces of Rice? At our current rate, I don't expect it will be long. Current Standings: Luke: 1,200 The Director: 10,100 fzdw11: 10,000 SweatyBagels: 3500 JackH1996: 1010 Radiostatic37: 490 Darkassassin:500 Current Total: 26,800 Grains of Rice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 OP is edited to include a picture of the site to help as a description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThERavinGPixiE Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 This game is slightly addictive... and it helps others! I Mega Like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Shadowz Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Need to give this a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Need to give this a go. It's rather entertaining. Plus, it feeds people! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighungry2x Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 I have heard of this before but never seen it, this is actually pretty cool. Definitely going to give it a try tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 I'll give it a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lᴜᴋᴇ Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 When you do be sure to make an account and join the forum group! You can even get an award! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 When you do be sure to make an account and join the forum group! You can even get an award! Yep. The link to the forum group is in Luke's thread (linked in the OP). The award is given to those who donate 20k grains of sand while in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Winter Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 My sister had to do this once for Summer HW, she hated it...haha. I'll probably give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 My sister had to do this once for Summer HW, she hated it...haha. I'll probably give it a go. lol It's kind of addicting. I suspect that she only hated it because she was forced to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Winter Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 lol It's kind of addicting. I suspect that she only hated it because she was forced to do it. exactly, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 So, I've found it much less trying to go on and donate a thousand or so ever hour or two. It's a whole lot better than sitting there answering questions uninterrupted for hours on end. So, answer 10-20 questions, then watch a youtube video, then 10-20 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZB-85 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I'm trying to do 2,000 per hour. But, I get distracted so easily by things. I think that this is an amazing cause and definitely should continue on with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Even if you can only do a couple hundred a day (which even with a massive hangover with a splitting headache I was able to crank out 1k today) it's worth the effort. A spoonful is better than nothing, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAtStateFarm Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I played this game in elementary schoo;! Thanks for finding it! now i can help people!!!!!!!!!!!!! again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I played this game in elementary schoo;! Thanks for finding it! now i can help people!!!!!!!!!!!!! again! I played it in middle school lol waaaaay back in the day. I rediscovered it recently when one of my friends made a joke about how there should be a "freesoysauce.com" so that they could have some flavors with their rice. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Wade Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I'll definitely try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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