Kyle Ford reflects on the moment online profiles become real people. Meeting community members in person, he witnessed members cry and tell him he'd changed their lives. The work, he says, is about helping people move from point A to point B, not chasing money.
When you build this community, you initially just see these people as just profiles. Right. And as you meet them in real life, you understand that these people have real lives and they know more about you. It's something about meeting somebody for the first time and they break into tears and tell you how much you have influenced their lives. Because, like I said, we're just behind a screen. You really don't understand that. Yes. There's real people on the other side that's also dealing with something. It's a part of the journey to figure out that there's this thread that you're trying to help. And I think for a lot of people, they think, oh, it's the money. No, like really what it is about is helping people get from point A to point B.
