The “Goal-Accomplishment-Reward” structure using credit or social networking.

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The “Goal-Accomplishment-Reward” system operates by using relationships on online social networking sites. A Facebook app called “Aherk! (aherk.com)” allows your to accomplish your goal through your social friends. First, you should set a goal and a deadline. Second, you should upload a picture that you do not want to show. Third, when the deadline arrives, your Facebook friends cast their votes to determine whether you have fulfilled the goal. Fourth, if you realize the goal, nothing will happen. But, your Facebook friends think that you fail to achieve the goal, the picture will be released on your Facebook Wall. It is interesting to release a humiliating picture, not to get punished or pay penalty. 

The “Aherk!” service is intriguing in that the entire system is operated by your social friends. For most goal-setting programs, it is up to you whether you succeed in accomplishing your goal. Meanwhile, “Aherk!” allows your social friends to motivate you to achieve your goal. The compensation method itself is also interesting because you become the center of attention, regardless of whether you accomplished your goal or not. “Aherk!” focuses on strengthening the relationship with social friends that you trust until you accomplish your goal.