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My thoughts as well. I can envision a platform where you can review anything from specific make and model of a product to a restaurant to anything else. I think
by freedomben 2y ago
My thoughts as well. I can envision a platform where you can review anything from specific make and model of a product to a restaurant to anything else. I think it could be immensely useful.
But it would quickly become a victim of its own success as people start using it and the database gets big enough to be useful. bots and spammers would swarm the platform to try to game it. That would require a constant cat and mouse game that would not be fun. Without significant ongoing attention, the site is going to become worthless. In order for a site like this that is labor intensive and not fun to exist, it would need to be monetized at least to the extent it can pay salaries. That's the point at which I don't see any realistic solution. In order to maintain neutrality, it would need to be supported by users, meaning users would need to pay. I don't see very many people paying for something like this. And even if some would, there would have to be some benefit or reason for paid users to pay, and that seems like it would open the door for more cat and mouse games and abuse.
Just a hard problem I think.