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"Do you have salt?", A disused question that returns in version 2.0

It is a paradox that, in a time when we all seem connected to the world through the Internet, we do not know the name of our neighbor. At the same time we express ourselves with profusion in the social networks, we find it hard to greet our neighbor and, if we agree with her in the elevator, the most we will be able to share is some banal comment on the weather. To end this disconnection in our closest environment, do you have Sal ?, A new social network to promote solidarity and companerism in the neighborhoods , a virtual platform that facilitates communication and interaction between neighbors within their own neighborhoods.

Related According to Sonia Alonso , the creator of Do you have salt? , the platform wants to be an answer to the process of individualization that is lived in the big cities, in the that neighborhood life is in the process of disappearing."I want We encourage solidarity and companerism in neighborhoods, create a virtual platform that facilitates communication and interaction between people within their own neighborhoods, "says Sonia Alonso.



"I am convinced-Anade-that a collaborative and united neighborhood can respond to certain current problems such as social exclusion, environmental care, social instability or can even contribute to stopping unnecessary excess consumption".


Do you have salt? Do you take care of my cat?


The social network Do you have salt? It appeared in June of this year in Madrid and in it you can share tastes or hobbies or, even, ask for collaboration to "let water your plants, take care of the cat when you are on vacation or lend you a ladder." Do you have salt? "hangouts" have also been organized in the city to meet and have a gray hair.


At the moment, the platform is financed by investors, although its objective is to find its own ways of self-financing in the future."We want this process to be related to the social and local vision of the company, so We are studying how we can encourage the participation of local businesses, and thus strengthen the much damaged local business , "Sonia Alonso explains.


You can "ask salt" again to the neighbor through the web or in the application Do you have salt? available for iOS and Android.

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