Have you seen the new brilliant free social network called Groubal? Groubal (gr.oo.bul) is “A powerful way to share your gribes that are grouped together to create change, group responsibility and group buying power.” This unique social network was launched by Robert Doner to bring consumers together who have a complaint against a big company that’s going unnoticed. To provide an opportunity for people everywhere to be heard, Doner plans to take groubals to the companies involved once the complaints are big enough and verified.
As you know, surviving in America is challenging these days to say the very least! With unprecedented oil spills and countless natural disasters occurring far too often, many individuals are fearful and frustrated as they try their best to cope with everyday life in a very uncertain world. As a result, the American consumer is growing angry, irritated and simply fed up with how big business is treating them and ignoring their grievances.
Unfortunately, in today’s world far too many corporations are simply attached to their bottom lines and disconnected from the customers that patronize their valued brands. Along these lines, social networks understand just how their platforms are impacting business; how offline business is actually being conducted and what consumers truly expect from companies. Consumers have the power and are using it every day to call out corporations online; demanding them to be more transparent and responsible.
However, people’s voices are still going unheard and this widespread condition is breeding serious resentment across many demographics and a ‘tipping point’ for all this hostility is on the near horizon. The result of this frustration is breeding crowdsourcing where consumers who find others that share a common complaint, recognize that collectively they have a loud enough voice to finally be heard and are using it to call out corporations online, demanding them to be more transparent and responsible. (more…)
