Youth Media International (Youth Radio) and Context Optional, the social marketing company, today announced the launch of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting-backed “Stop Me From Spending!” Facebook application. The Context Optional-powered application is the first from Youth Media International and is aimed at giving young people a social way to encourage each other to be more thoughtful spenders.
Youth Media International approached its first venture in application development by collaborating with young people to create the Temptation Converter, a composite tool capturing young people’s ideas for what they want and need as they navigate this tough economy. The Temptation Converter allows users to type in “tempting” items, select price and category, upload a picture and immediately translate these temptations into reasonable ways to spend money. Additionally, the application allows friends to post temptations on each others’ walls, and comment on these temptations to help each other make better spending decisions.
