# Why would I want to join a group goal with someone I don't know IRL?

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**Created:** [June 14, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-would-i-want-to-join-a-group-goal-with-someone-i-dont-know-irl/11642 "2024-06-14T16:24:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-would-i-want-to-join-a-group-goal-with-someone-i-dont-know-irl/11642/4 "2024-06-15T13:38:58Z")

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All kinds of stuff. There are lots of people I don’t know IRL who I’ve done projects with – writing projects, website projects, gaming stuff, other students… I haven’t met a single other student from my course, and until we graduate I probably never will, but I could envision a Beeminder goal to keep us working on a shared project.

If the question was “would you join a Beeminder goal with a total stranger”, that’d be different, but you don’t have to know someone IRL to know someone online well enough to have a shared endeavour.

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