Facebook today announced a new feature called Drives. No, it is not a "drive" in the sense of another cloud storage service.
Drives feature comes with the concept of “clothing sharing” or “food sharing”. It is based on tools social network fundraising for situations extraordinary need and communities, only this time it's not about raising money but about donating real goods.
The feature, which is launching in the US, will be available on centre Community help in the Facebook app. You can access it by typing 'Community Help' on the line search of Facebook and then clicking on “Request or Offer Help” and “Create Drive.”
You will then be able to fill out a form with information such as the type and number of materials you want to collect. Once created, you and others will be able to see a tracker that shows how many material goods the collection contains and how many are still needed.
The feature is based on fundraising tools released by Facebook to help with emergencies, charities, nonprofits and more.
Drives start today and will be available to everyone “over the next few days” – hopefully in time for the Christmas.
