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« on: November 01, 2011, 09:46:58 PM »

Announcing..... Last Page Lenders!

Last Page Lenders is a kind of performance art subversion of the Popularity sort. We look for loans on the last page of the list (sorted by popularity) and lend to them. With Kiva showcasing the most popular loans, we support the least popular. (All the while recognizing that "popularity" is simply an arbitrary value assigned by an inscrutable algorithm. We think every loan is worthy of support.)

LPL is a sister team to LLL, but you don't have to belong to one in order to join the other. Of course, you can join both!  Cheesy
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« Reply To This #1 on: November 03, 2011, 05:38:32 AM »

LLL? Is this the Kiva version of the KKK?

But, if we lend to the least popular, wouldn't that render the loans most popular? Like shooting oneself in the butt, hoping the bullet will ricochet into the leg?

OK, OK, OK... I'm in...

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« Reply To This #2 on: November 03, 2011, 12:37:22 PM »

I think we need a couple thousand loans on this team--Last Dollar Lender.  If you snag the last $25 on a loan, let everyone know here!

http://www.kiva.org/team/last_dollar_lender

While I look forward to November 15th, I really, really am looking forward to the bare shelves of December 29 or so.

Colette
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