Carii: New Social Platform for Communities

So, many of our members have joined our Philadelphia Sculptors community on Carii

But what is Carii? How did it get started and who is behind it?

Carii is a new social platform built not only for communities but around communities. What does that mean? Well, sometimes the best way to explain something so new and exciting is to talk about using it. Or is that experiencing it? Because Carii is something so special and so unique, it's best described by living example.

Carii is in use for alumni outreach at Appel Farm Arts & Music Center. Their alumni list goes back 50 years! At a recent alumni event, an alum showed up from the 1970’s! He hadn’t been back to visit since, and found out about the event strictly through the outreach and event posting on Carii. Everyone was so gratified with the re-connection after all those years, including the 93 year old founder, Albert Appel, who remembered him and his father. Supporting that kind of personal connection through a social networking platform is exactly what Carii is all about.

So a little history…Carii was developed by PS member, Denise Hayman-Loa and her husband WunFie Loa, so it’s nice to be there at the beginning with someone we know. In their travels with various communities, they realized that a platform truly designed around community needs and culture was missing from the social media world.

As we know, social media is here to stay – globally – but it feels like everyone is still wrestling with finding the perfect fit and platform. Facebook is ubiquitous, and is great for catching up with friends; LinkedIn is great for business connections and job searches; Instagram for sharing photos and quick news, and so on. But no current platform truly addresses communities of like minded people who also want to maintain connections to other communities.

Carii was built specifically to meet that need from the ground up. The platform has functionality for setting up communities, inviting members, sharing news, photos, videos, documents, events and active dialogues and linking to other communities. All in a simple, elegant, easy to use platform that feels comfortable. Carii enables “many to many” connections across communities contextually – implementing the power of affiliation for information sharing and joint initiatives around collaboration.

For example, for PS, there is currently a common community for all members. Now members can set up their own communities, affiliate them with the PS community and invite their own list of contacts they want to reach out to – sharing news on shows, pieces sold or for sale, new ideas being explored. The platform also sends out emails with updates, so it reduces the reliance on bulk email distribution systems. And most importantly, important and relevant news always finds its way to you. Carii supports member’s ability to promote their work and engage and expand their audience as well – all important aspects of community.

Last but not least, Carii has a revenue sharing program in place – active communities will get a share of the revenue generated by their activity, and communities that identify and onboard advertisers will receive a portion of the advertising revenue monthly as well. So there is an additional benefit to active use of the platform – something no other social media platform can say!

We invite you to join us as we move forward – experience and explore the something new that is Carii!