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This is a good list of questions to evaluate. I am currently struggling with finding customers for something I hacked together to solve my personal problem. A

This is a good list of questions to evaluate. I am currently struggling with finding customers for something I hacked together to solve my personal problem. A discord bot which warns users when they share links to pirated site and remove it. (I moderate a small discord server). I extracted the API part and put it on rapid API to see if there is any interest because I have little idea where to look for customers and how to talk to them. https://rapidapi.com/searchableland-no-piracy-team/api/piracy https://rapidapi.com/searchableland-no-piracy-team/api/pirac... I have also been looking for alternatives. I searched for them before but nothing came up so I had to build a list and heuristics myself. Maybe there isn't much of a need otherwise I would find a product.

luto 6y ago
Does discord punish servers, which share pirated content?
kayhi 6y ago
How much time, money or reputation does it contribute to a channel?
DanHulton 6y ago
Yeah, if you don't find any competition, that's usually not a great thing. The world being as big as it is, you're _probably_ not the first person to think of this particular idea, and it's _usually_ that there's not a market for it. That said, maybe this is an idea you can niche _up_ with? Instead of just one form of moderation, could you take the basic tech and use it to moderate a whole bunch of nasties that admins don't want to waste time dealing with? You'll want to make sure that the a _paying_ market exists for such tools first, obviously, but it's a potential option.
- mpoteat 6y ago
  Agree. A one off tool that detects pirated links seems odd to pay for. Either a monolithic tool for handling moderation automation in general seems good, or better yet a marketplace where I can buy automation plugins for Discord in general, both for moderation as well as other administrative or entertainment tasks.
- fbelzile 6y ago
  It's easy nowadays to throw up a quick slash page with some SEO friendly pages to gauge market demand. Have an email wait list and if it gets large, you'll conveniently have the email of your first clients.
  - rubatuga 6y ago
    How often has this worked in your experience?
1123581321 6y ago
Maybe you could get an MPAA grant to develop it further. :) Most problems with links on Discord are solved with a gradual expansion of new user permissions.

luto 6y ago

Does discord punish servers, which share pirated content?

kayhi 6y ago

How much time, money or reputation does it contribute to a channel?

DanHulton 6y ago

Yeah, if you don't find any competition, that's usually not a great thing. The world being as big as it is, you're _probably_ not the first person to think of this particular idea, and it's _usually_ that there's not a market for it. That said, maybe this is an idea you can niche _up_ with? Instead of just one form of moderation, could you take the basic tech and use it to moderate a whole bunch of nasties that admins don't want to waste time dealing with? You'll want to make sure that the a _paying_ market exists for such tools first, obviously, but it's a potential option.

mpoteat 6y ago
Agree. A one off tool that detects pirated links seems odd to pay for. Either a monolithic tool for handling moderation automation in general seems good, or better yet a marketplace where I can buy automation plugins for Discord in general, both for moderation as well as other administrative or entertainment tasks.
fbelzile 6y ago
It's easy nowadays to throw up a quick slash page with some SEO friendly pages to gauge market demand. Have an email wait list and if it gets large, you'll conveniently have the email of your first clients.
- rubatuga 6y ago
  How often has this worked in your experience?

1123581321 6y ago

Maybe you could get an MPAA grant to develop it further. :) Most problems with links on Discord are solved with a gradual expansion of new user permissions.