Random Acts of Kindness Blog makes unbelievable traction on web just after launching

December 22, 2008 | Washington, District of Columbia | Vetting explained

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Moments after launchinig KindActsBlog.org, Adam Boalt founder and creator used Twitter to promote his new non-profit. Just a couple hours later, Tim O'Reilly creator of the term "Web 2.0" and founder of O'Reilly media showed his interest in the blog by posting the website on his stream and thousands followed.

Boalt who built the blog in just a couple hours started by posting the first random act of kindness hoping that others would follow. Now, Boalt who is receiving an unbelievable surge of traffic doesn't know how he'll post all of the kind acts before the holidays. He's looking for volunteer bloggers to help write about all the inspiring stories.

More inforomation at: http://KindActsBlog.org.

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