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Paying to browse, a terrible idea that has been tried before. Alladvantage.com raised about 200m on that idea. The wikipedia page isn't correct, they had a pyr
by mrtron 11y ago
Paying to browse, a terrible idea that has been tried before.
Alladvantage.com raised about 200m on that idea. The wikipedia page isn't correct, they had a pyramid based payout system. Fraudulent users would create enormous numbers of fake users under them and simulate all of their browsing.
- lucaspiller 11y agoIt seems to be working well for Wow, which is effectively the same but for phone calls: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/wowapp-sets-sail-for-voip-app-market--1115835 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/wowapp-sets-sail-for-voip-a...
- nileshtrivedi 11y agoIn existing model of advertising too, it's possible to fake ad-clicks and cost your competitors a lot of money.
- mrtron 11y agoAgree - fraud is rampant in the current ad marketplace as well. Both with fake ad-clicks and malicious installs. Facebook, twitter and other native ads/sponsored posts are the cleanest ads.