I chose the crowdsourcing platform, GoFundMe and the campaign for the Stoneman Douglas High School Victims in Parkland, Florida. This is in light of the tragedy that happened at that Florida high school just recently and the heartbreak the US and these people are experiencing. The campaigners are using strategies such as news outlets and social medias to spread the word about the fundraiser for the victims, words such as, “donations raised here will be used to provide relief and financial support to the victims and families of the horrific shooting” (1). In addition, the campaigners have updates and latest updates within the fundraising page to let supporters/donators know where the money is going. They also have videos and photos of the victims along with descriptions and captions with words of support. I think that this campaign is similar my expectations of fundraising for these causes in that people will donate to tragedies and lend a hand for the wounded families to help them recover and heal. My thoughts and feelings about crowdfunding and its purpose is that sometimes it can be used for good such as this campaign but other times there are people just waiting for handouts. Crowdsourcing can be both a positive thing or be abused by people. I think that to be a successful crowdfunder, it must have a meaningful purpose, something people can be empathetic towards and have constant updates, a good summary, good community support and lots of new or social media influence. I think that people should crowdfund for meaningful things such as this campaign, help for the community, help for tragedies or families, surgeries people cannot cover and things like that. Some things I think people should not crowdfund for are lost things and just saying they need money or lying about it. The phenomenon of crowdfunding tells us about our contemporary networked media are that it is good and it helps save people. The fact that social media platforms have such a huge impact on different outlets and can help raise money around the world is crazy. I think that we are the change. We can help change lives through social medias and new outlets. This internet age where we are all connected online can make a huge positive impact in the world and will continue to do so.