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Is this the same thing as about.me? I signed up for that 10? years ago when I saw it on hacker news [1]. And that was apparently just a clone of flavors.me Ar
by hdctambien 6y ago
Is this the same thing as about.me?
I signed up for that 10? years ago when I saw it on hacker news [1]. And that was apparently just a clone of flavors.me
Are these just sites that ask you to enter a ton of personal data so they can sell it?
Or are people benefiting from this? More than a LinkedIn or Twitter or Instagram or wix or Google site or free hosted WordPress or medium?
I had an idea for a site sellmyinfo.com where you enter your info and I'd split the profits of selling it with you. Maybe that idea has wings?
[1] I must have seen an article 4 days before this, but "about.me" is hard to Google for https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2025764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2025764
- z77dj3kl 6y agoHosting a site like this doesn't cost much, their business model is probably to add additional paid features as they go. It's nothing new, but I also don't think it's nefarious.
- jiofih 6y agoOh come on. It takes 30s to read trough their website and feature list to see that no, this has absolutely nothing to do with about.me. It’s mostly for business.
- 13415 6y agoWell, nobody uses these sites but they try to get a larger user base, probably in the hope of later monetization. You can't blame them for that, maybe one of them someday becomes popular.
- solmanac 6y agoIf you are being serious, how about you start that sell my info site? In the process you'd get insights into the flow of money and information among the companies in that industry and then share that with us as well.