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Crowdwish.
A London site that says it acted on the most popular public wish every day for 1,400 days, and whose founder turned 99 of those wishes into a book.
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Crowdwish says the project began on 6 January 2014.
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Hachette lists The Wish by Bill Griffin, published by Constable (Little, Brown Book Group) on 2 February 2017, drawing on 99 wishes from Crowdwish; the publisher says the book will be published with 99 different covers.
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Crowdwish says it ran for 1,400 days between 6 January 2014 and 8 November 2017, helping a member of the public on every one of those days.
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“Make things happen. Every day.”
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The Crowdwish page says the format was in development for television in Los Angeles, with a pilot viewable online.
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“Make things happen. Every day.”
Crowdwish is a space where you can post the things you most desire in the world; whatever they may be. Products, experiences, advice, causes you believe in, services. Anything. The site just asks users to complete the statement ‘I wish….’ in a hundred characters or less. If that was all it offered, then fine, but probably kind of pointless. Flaky and vague. Bit ‘dreamcatcher’. The difference is this. Every day, at 6pm GMT, we take action against the most popular wish of the day, in the real world. These actions can be anything, but they are always fresh, imaginative and meaningful. So if people wish for help for those sleeping on the streets, we deliver food to the homeless. If they wish for tickets for a festival, we create a competition with the organisers. If they wish for help with anxiety, we provide expert advice. Etc etc. One action a day, for the last 437 days. The reaction - although we are still small - has been amazing - I know it sounds totally ridiculous but many, many people have talked about the site as a place that restores their faith in humanity.
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In our words: The listing described Crowdwish as a place to finish the sentence 'I wish...' in a hundred characters or less. Every day at 6pm GMT the team acted on the most popular wish in the real world, from delivering food to homeless people to arranging festival tickets, and it said it had done so for 437 days.
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