Won't go on and on about the Respect Network. Right now the Respect Network is mostly a promise with usefulness still to come. But it is a promise worth pursuing. More can be learned from Doc Searles and Peter Vander Auwera.
Will just ask that you check it out. You can dig deep if you need to.
I signed up both Barb and I on the first day the network was available to the public, because I believe in the mission. Not selfishly for myself or Barb. For all of us.