Although large amounts of 'information' can be accessed by the user by RSS, their is little the average user can do to contribute or publish ideas onsite. Although the field blog appears at first glance to be a blog, there is no evidence for membership to the blog or an area where any user can contribute their thoughts to the information. The blog contributors are all MSF volunteers or employees and it looks like the information is controlled by the author of the site.
There is therefore an opportunity for the organisation to include a blog for the user.
Currently the only way the user can actively contribute is to
- email their friends access to the refugee camp interactive game
- email someone a card
- email the organisation directly (this is not a web 2.0 feature)
An email and user blog function would definitely help the website in its mission to inform the public. If users were given the opportunity to post comments, and maybe write about their own experiences and opinions, this would encourage discussion and generate awareness of Medicins Sans Frontieres and the work they do.
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