The document proposes a social funding program to help people overcome phone addiction. It outlines signs of phone addiction and describes a crowdfunding model where an addict's friends would fundraise a goal to incentivize the addict to limit phone use for 30-60 days using a monitoring app. If the addict complies, the money is kept by the program; otherwise it is returned. The program would keep 10-20% of funds for website maintenance and use the model to raise addiction awareness and money for charities.
2. Addiction is defined as a medical condition characterized by engagement in
rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.
Signs of phone addiction:
1. You have your phone in your hand 24/7
2. Not a day goes by without your phone
3. Phone battery does not last a day
4. When battery is low you run for a charger
5. You worry about losing your phone
6. You take your phone with you to the bathroom
7. On your phone in social settings
8. Checking phone constantly
Continued at: http://www.addictiontips.net/phone-addiction/phone-addiction-signs/
3. The phone addict or friend will setup a page altering a funding page for the
person to stop using their phone for up to 60 days with a funding goal.
The funding goal will be setup in order to entice the phone addict to participate in
the crowd funding event.
Once funding goal is met, the phone addict will download an application
monitoring all applications other than e-mail and basic phone functions.
Goal:The addict will only be allowed to use text/call by downloading the
application.
If the phone addict does anything else it will send a alert to our e-mail showing
the usage and the crowd funding challenge will be turned off returning all the
money to the friends or crowd funders.
The site will keep 10-20% (TBD)of the total amount raised either if the goal is not
reach or is reach at the end of the 30 or 60 day challenge.
4. The application must be able to be downloaded
in Apple or Android.
When setup on the phone a three or four digit
code setup by someone else other than the
addict will only be able to delete/alter/or change
the program
Measures : Applications/ Internet / and anything
other thanText or phone. Must be able to turn
off these item unless code is entered into
application.
5. Payment guidelines…accept cards/paypal ??
Website revenue 10-20% or revenue ,TBD
Site Log & App Log in w/ social media
information , promotion via social channels
Charity function? Maybe they can raise
money for a charity instead of funds being
given to phone addict.
6. Logo: Needs to be created
Ads: Contact phone companies for additional
revenue
Goals: Max or minimum goal
Grants: Look for government grants to fund
1st profiles challenge
7. Thank you for your time I look forward to
working with you to help phone addiction.