Plain-language writing about giving, transparency, and the mechanics of turning attention into good.
2026-07-14
From an advertiser's payment to a charity's EIN, here is the full path a dollar takes through Raiden's weekly distribution, step by step.
2026-07-14
Why Raiden asks for percentages instead of a single pick, how the sum-to-100 rule works, and how to choose a split you'll actually keep.
2026-07-14
An earlier design gave every user an accruing balance. We removed it on purpose, and the reasons are the clearest window into what Raiden is for.
2026-07-14
The percentage on your Impact page measures participation, not money — here's what moves it, what it means, and what it definitely isn't.
2026-07-07
Team A versus team B, a countdown clock, and a shared cause turn ordinary giving into something people show up for.
2026-07-07
Picking a cause that already moves you beats picking the "correct" one, and switching later is completely fine.
2026-07-07
How to set up a fundraiser, pick a goal and a countdown, rally people around it, and what happens when the clock runs out.
2026-07-07
You do not need spare cash to be generous, and Raiden is built around the giving you can already afford.
2026-07-07
Private groups on Raiden start as ordinary friend spaces and often turn into something closer to a giving circle without anyone planning it that way.
2026-07-07
A plain-language walkthrough of the money path — from an advertiser paying for a campaign to charities receiving their share of the weekly pot, with a public ledger in between.
2026-07-07
A practical guide to spotting look-alike names, urgency pressure, and other warning signs before you give.
2026-07-07
Not a slogan but a list of specific defaults, from no third-party trackers to a full JSON export of your own data.
2026-07-07
Predictable giving helps nonprofits plan and helps givers build a habit in a way that one large, occasional gift rarely does.
2026-07-07
A plain-language overview of how charitable deductions, itemizing, and nonprofit status generally work, with no dollar figures to go stale.
2026-07-07
Double-entry bookkeeping is centuries old, and it's the same structure Raiden uses to make sure the weekly pot and charity totals can be checked, not just claimed.
2026-07-07
An honest account of the observation that started this project and what success actually looks like from here.
2026-07-07
A walkthrough of what the weekly pot, per-charity totals, and distribution history actually mean, and how to use the page to hold us accountable.
2026-07-07
A Spark turns an empty like into a signal that carries real weight, lifting the giving levels of both the sparker and the person they sparked.
2026-07-07
A profile raid is a group of people descending on one member's page at once to put social weight behind a cause they care about.
2026-07-07
The IRS identifier behind every legitimate US charity is also the simplest way to tell a real nonprofit from a look-alike scam.
2026-07-07
Healthy feeds come from defaults, not rules, and we walk through the specific design choices Raiden makes instead of relying on a list of dos and don'ts.
2026-07-07
A plain look at who funds the ads on Raiden, how an impression contributes to the weekly pot, and an honest sense of how much money is really involved.
2026-07-07
The attention you spend online is worth real money to advertisers. Raiden exists to route that value to charities you choose instead of letting it disappear.
2026-07-07
The two things that direct Raiden's weekly giving — your activity on the network and the giving split you set — and what your giving level actually measures.