SharingHope blog

An estimated 35,000 blogs exist about cancer, according to Seattle PI Reporter Charie Black.  I don’t know where she got her numbers, but I agree they are really big.  Like the bookworm that I am, I’ve been trying to read them all, which is an impossible task for one person.   

What does the community of cancer bloggers have to do with Sharinghope.tv?  I’m still trying to figure that out.  The last thing I want to do is spam prolific cancer bloggers (or bloggers who happen to have cancer), as it is clear from reading their blogs that they are constantly getting spammed already.  In fact, this blog gets spammed by people selling “cures.”  Ugh.

Jeanne Slather, of the Assertive Cancer patient writes frequently about the emails she receives asking her to promote one event or another, or to blog for free .  She is far from alone in her frustration. 

I don’t want to be a spammer, but I am interested in getting the word about SharingHope.tv.  Currently, the site looks more ACS than community, but though ACS launched it, they really are stepping back to let the community take over.   But, as a non-profit, they don’t have the budget to hire community managers to foster its growth.

As a volunteer, I’d love to get feedback – positive or negative – to pass along to the people at ACS who concieved the site, built it, and are maintaining it.  Not exactly sure how to do that.