🙏 $THANKSgiving is live on Product Hunt

We're literally paying people crypto to give thanks

Brett Goldstein

Nov 26, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving y’all.

First things first - I’m truly thankful for all of you. I read the names of every new Social Studies subscriber as they come in and each gives me more excitement and energy than the last. Thank you for your readership and enthusiasm for my passion.

Today I launched a Thanksgiving-themed social experiment called $THANKS on Product Hunt. It’s currently #4, but I think we can get to #1 if we really try.

Give it an upvote on Product Hunt… Thanks 🙏

Brett Goldstein 🚀🏠 @thatguyBG

🚨🦃Thanksgiving product drop🦃🚨 It's been a tough year for everyone. Giving thanks has been scientifically shown to improve your mental health. So... for Thanksgiving, I created a product that pays you cryptocurrency to give thanks. 🙏 @thethankful_ producthunt.com/posts/thanks-2

producthunt.com$THANKS - A community and token for the nicest people on the internet | Product Hunt$THANKS is a cryptocurrency you earn by simply saying what you’re thankful for. With $THANKS, you get access to a private Discord community of the nicest people on the internet.

🤔 What is $THANKS?

$THANKS is a cryptocurrency I minted a few weeks ago as part of an essay about Social Tokens with Holyn Kanake. It can only be earned by expressing gratitude on thankful.fyi, and has no monetary value (currently). People who hold $THANKS get access to a private Discord server and community for the nicest people on the internet.

Brett Goldstein 🚀🏠 @thatguyBG

4/ I have been a fan of @kanakhey's writing for a while, so I'm super excited to have her as the first of hopefully many guest writers (also social experimenters) on @__socialstudies. Check it out 👇 socialstudies.substack.com/p/a-primer-on-…

socialstudies.substack.com🧠 A Primer on Social Money by Holyn KanakeHow creators will become corporations and the launch of $THANKS

It’s a real cryptocurrency and the product actually works, but this is a social experiment seeking to understand:

what happens when you (financially) reward good will?
will a community centered around love and kindness devolve (like most other communities) over time?

The community has been incredible already. Hundreds of people have shared what they’re thankful for anonymously through the website and more and more people are pouring into the Discord by the hour.

🙏 the thankful @thethankful_

"I am thankful for all the difficult things that this year 2020 has put me through, because it made me grow as a person :)" - anonymous

thankful.fyi$THANKSgiving$THANKS is a cryptocurrency and community for the nicest people in the world. We’re giving $THANKS to the most thankful people on Twitter for $THANKSgiving.

🤷‍♂️ Why?

The purpose of Social Studies is to explore what it means to be human in the context of modern technology. Over the last few months, I realized that research and writing is only half of the battle. In order to truly understand something, you must experience it.

☝️ One More Thing

This launch would not have been possible without the help of Chris Messina, a close friend and my go-to hunter, and Launch House.

Launch House is a community for founders launching incredible products. Applications are now open for the third cohort.

Launch House 🚀🏠 @launch_house

🚨big news alerttt🚨 - LAUNCH HOUSE 3 - LOS ANGELES - JANUARY co-live and launch products with dope people in a house (obviously) applications now open at launchhouse.co/join-launch-ho…

🙏 Thanks

Again, thank you so much for reading. Share what your thankful for on the website, mention you’re part of Social Studies and I’ll send some extra $THANKS your way.

- Brett