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Startup Idea - Live streaming where people say what they're going to do, then collect money in escrow before they actually do it. IE: I'll try and do a standin
by colinsidoti 16y ago
Startup Idea - Live streaming where people say what they're going to do, then collect money in escrow before they actually do it. IE: I'll try and do a standing long jump over these ten people if I collect $20.
If they succeed, they get the money. If not, the money get's returned.
Other use cases could be people constantly streaming and having a "hat out" to "throw money" in, akin to street performers.
Crowdsourced, streaming entertainment.
- gersh 16y agoEmail me. Lets make it happen.
- Splines 16y agoNeat idea, but I can imagine several ways this could go wrong (in the "this is why we can't have nice things" sort of way). For example, this sort of thing already exists in shadier portions of the internet. It's also the reason why MSFT removed the gift-MS-points feature.
- troymc 16y agoCan't kickstarter.com already be used to do this? The live video could go on Justin.tv, USTREAM, or whatever.
- ernestipark 16y agoCool idea, but I can see it quickly spiraling into -- "watch me jump off my roof and most likely miss this trampoline and hurt myself terribly for $10".
- jrockway 16y agoI doubt it. It will probably quickly spiral towards "watch me take my clothes off".
- jw84 16y agoThey're called cam porn sites.
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- HeyLaughingBoy 16y agoWow! I can just hear the lawyers salivating now...