Comments on: mint and the greater good http://www.justinpowelldesign.com/blog/2009/02/mint-and-the-greater-good/ Interaction Design and Digital Strategy Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: justin http://www.justinpowelldesign.com/blog/2009/02/mint-and-the-greater-good/#comment-10952 justin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:41:54 +0000 http://justinpowelldesign.com/blog/2009/02/mint-and-the-greater-good/#comment-10952 I can see how that could happen, I think there are a couple hurdles to overcome with sharing financial information. I'm not exactly sure how mint could provide better reassurance of security either. The respected testimonials and references are what establish credibility for me: <a href="http://www.mint.com/product/awards/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mint.com/product/awards/ </a> A secondary barrier to my idea (and maybe even some of your anxiety?) is the idea of sharing financial information (not just account security). Most people keep their finances to themselves. And I think any social aspects to a site like mint would certainly need to keep things anonymous. OR have some kind of mutual sharing feature. The sharing of financial tips, situations, and budgets could uncover the true social proof of how people's finances really look. Instead we usually see nice cars, homes, and things... and the realities probably look much different. This social validation of 'nice things' is a big proponent of the credit crisis and recession we're in. I can see how that could happen, I think there are a couple hurdles to overcome with sharing financial information. I’m not exactly sure how mint could provide better reassurance of security either. The respected testimonials and references are what establish credibility for me: http://www.mint.com/product/awards/

A secondary barrier to my idea (and maybe even some of your anxiety?) is the idea of sharing financial information (not just account security). Most people keep their finances to themselves. And I think any social aspects to a site like mint would certainly need to keep things anonymous. OR have some kind of mutual sharing feature.

The sharing of financial tips, situations, and budgets could uncover the true social proof of how people’s finances really look. Instead we usually see nice cars, homes, and things… and the realities probably look much different. This social validation of ‘nice things’ is a big proponent of the credit crisis and recession we’re in.

]]> By: cole http://www.justinpowelldesign.com/blog/2009/02/mint-and-the-greater-good/#comment-10923 cole Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:22:43 +0000 http://justinpowelldesign.com/blog/2009/02/mint-and-the-greater-good/#comment-10923 I checked out mint the other day, and immediately backed out of it once it started asking for all of my personal bank information. I'm not sure how they could do it, but I think they definitely need some way or reassuring the consumer that it is a safe site. Perhaps i didn't dig deep enough, but that's the problem, it wasn't apparent to me from the start. I checked out mint the other day, and immediately backed out of it once it started asking for all of my personal bank information. I’m not sure how they could do it, but I think they definitely need some way or reassuring the consumer that it is a safe site. Perhaps i didn’t dig deep enough, but that’s the problem, it wasn’t apparent to me from the start.

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