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Thats super cool, some of the issues you may need to address before this becomes too cool. 1. Prevent people from advertising, ok this can be a revenue model a
by ankitml 14y ago
Thats super cool, some of the issues you may need to address before this becomes too cool.
1. Prevent people from advertising, ok this can be a revenue model also :P
2. Allow me to shout to places other than where I live, like suppose i am visiting a new place. It will be cool to shoutt at the new place before I reach. Though this is not necessary, just a thought.
3. Some kind of block list where I can block certain noisy neighbors whose shouts I dont like.
4. Someone shouting for needing security or SOS, can be highlighted, people around should receive these help requests on priority basis. Can help prevent robbery, protect women from potential harrassments.
Overall this can bring communities together, glue them. Wish you luck with the startup.
- neeharc 14y agoThanks for your feedback. We've thought of these issues before and we are tackling them . Shoutting for help or security is a great use case but one that can be easily abused. We want to make sure we take precautions from people crying wolf too many times.
- ankitml 14y agoya, that is a big concern. Maybe calling for help around can be made a paid feature, crying wolf wont pay but someone in need of help can pay. Well you can think of other things also on how to de-incentivize abuse of system. :)
- stdbrouw 14y ago> Maybe calling for help around can be made a paid feature You might want to reflect on what you just said :-)
- ankitml 14y agoha ha! I know, I didnt mean it directly paid like today's eCommerce shop and cart stores where in you can buy priority shouts. It has to be prepaid shout credits or pay later. Well in the end the idea is to pinch someone who is shouting for help. Pinching can be monetary or non monetary, but just enough to discourage cry wolfs and not to discourage genuine cases. The balance (ie intensity of pinch) is more difficult to achieve than what the pinch is.
- ankitml 14y agojust out of curiosity, where are you guys located, India? I assume Mansi rejected ISB Hyderabad!!
- mansigandhi 14y agoHaha yeah, I shuttle b/w hyderabad and the bay area..but Shoutt is located in the bay. Immigration laws are such a pain.
- ankitml 14y agotrue! lots of Indians I see have to do that. If you get a chance to come to mumbai, lets have a quick chat on general tech and all.