Kindling is a new network that aims to organize groups and organizations around ideas and their resulting actions. It does so by creating a Digg-like system for submitting and voting on ideas. At its core, Kindling is actually an idea management tool, enabling members of a particular organization to voice his idea or opinion within a safe, online environment.
There are three main steps to the Kindling process: creation, collaboration and action. These steps cover the submission, voting and volunteering aspects of orienting action around a given suggestion within a group setting. The ultimate goal with this process is to “allow individuals to share their brilliance and support eh ideas they believe in,” says Kamni Khan of Kindling.
And similar to some other Digg-like voting sites, users on Kindling are restricted to the number of times they can vote within the site. Kindling limits votes to just 10, encouraging users to think about the ideas they’re voting and potentially acting upon.
Unlike many other sites that offer idea-management and suggestion boxes for a site, group or organization, Kindling really appears to be more of a Digg-like site for socially-driven ways in which to simply share ideas. Layering in specific features for independent groups, such as a search tool for finding groups that are using the site, could be helpful in terms of allowing a group to use Kindling for raising awareness towards their cause. Additionally, tools for organizing action around various ideas would also be a value-add to the type of site Kindling is building up, highlighting its potential as a social tool.
