Artomatic is asking for your vote in the Chase Community Giving Challenge, and it’s making me wonder how much is okay to ask of our supporters.
In order to vote, I had to both install an application AND become a fan of their page.
The first concern is that gives Chase permission to send me stuff and access a large amount of my data (e.g., they can now target an ad to all my friends saying “Kira Marchenese is a fan of Chase Community Giving”.)
I’m not sure how they’re going to use that information and access, and if I wasn’t so involved in Artomatic I might not have done it. (But since I signed up I went ahead and also voted for Project Create DC, another solid local arts organization.)
And looking at it from a usability angle, it’s also just a lot of steps. I’m not sure why Chase made it so hard to vote in the challenge. If you click on the link supplied by Artomatic, here’s what you have to do:
- Sign in to Facebook (if you’re not a geek like me and already signed in)
- Give permission to the app, just to view the challenge
- Become a fan of their page (at least the button is right up front and easy)
- Vote for the organization of your choice.
What do you think, is this all worth it?
Will you ask your friends to vote for your causes?