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hehehe that's cute here's a novel one i thought up. Social Donation System. how it works is, users can log in and make donations, and the level of contributi
by ram1024 18y ago
hehehe that's cute
here's a novel one i thought up. Social Donation System. how it works is, users can log in and make donations, and the level of contribution is reflected by their profile. this is gauged against the average level of contribution of other users making a curve.
so people who don't donate might have a red light by their tweets or something. people that donate a little get a yellow, people who donate an average amount get a green light. people who go above and beyond get a blue star or something special to show that they have made an exceptional effort to support the community.
have it calculate daily or something non-intensive, but make sure as with all donation systems that everything is 100% transparent to users. it could work
- MicahWedemeyer 18y agoNothing against donation-ware, but I don't think it works as a big money-maker. IPOs and acquisitions come from companies that are making revenue based on some sort of sale (even if it's sale of ad space). There has to be some aspect of "keep paying me or I remove the benefit you're getting" Donation-ware is great for single developers, not so great for startups looking to make sustainable revenue.
- ram1024 18y agoi really wasn't thinking about making tons of money, but more sustaining and growing the community hand in hand style if you want to make tons of money, simply billing the users is enough. don't charge the people who follow, but charge anyone who sends messages. done deal. not terribly interesting though :D
- MicahWedemeyer 18y agoUnfortunately, VCs do care about making tons of money. Twitter could do very well (and support a small happy staff) based on the model you describe. The investors would be none too happy about it, though.
- Prrometheus 18y agoThis is something new. It's shame-ware. I like it.