hermine@THW vs bitte.help

The instant messaging service for the german Technische Hilfswerk organization. It can be used for free by all members of the THW. The individual login information can be found in the THW extranet in the area „my profile“.

Do you need groceries? Help? Advice? A tool? Someone to talk to? Whatever you need – someone nearby has it. bitte.help connects you. Sometimes you just need someone. Quickly. Without fuss. But who do you ask, when you don't know who can help right here, right now? Somewhere out there, someone has time and wants to help. Someone just waiting to be asked. THREE STEPS FROM ASKING TO GETTING HELP 1. Just ask. What you need. In one sentence. No name, no number. 2. Nearby phones light up. Everyone around you sees your ask – even neighbours whose number you don't have yet. 3. Someone's there. You talk. You text. You help each other. Done. WHY BITTE.HELP You decide who knows you. No number. No name. Your phone number stays hidden until you hand it over yourself. Your location stays yours. We find people near you – but never reveal where you are. Live in the moment. Asks expire after 24 hours and disappear. No archive, no timeline, nothing to read back. bitte.call: Talk to each other. We connect your call – your real numbers stay hidden. Text back. Reply with a message – sometimes one line is all it takes. Your number is shared as you do, so you can reach each other directly. Karma. Do good and show it. Others give you feedback – positive and negative. Collect good karma and show who you are, without revealing your name. SAFE SPACE – OUR COMMUNITY We connect people in real life, built on trust. Asks and messages are checked: what hurts is blocked before it reaches anyone. Reported asks are blocked and taken out of every feed. Anyone who behaves badly is blocked and removed. A NEW WAY TO COMMUNICATE No comments. No followers. Just purpose. Your ask goes out to many. The answers come back to you alone. No debate, no audience – just a conversation between two people. No reach, no likes, nothing to win. YOU ARE NOT THE PRODUCT No profile to maintain. No ads, nobody buys their way into your feed. No trade in your data. bitte.help is not social media – it is a community with one single goal: being there for each other. FOR CLUBS AND ORGANISATIONS Sign your organisation up, recognise each other in the app and address your asks to colleagues and members – without losing sight of everyone beyond your own circle. Free, no account, no profile, no audience, no ads. Started in Aachen. Made for the world.