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The success of Cards Against Humanity is evidence of massive demand, and yet all they have protecting them is their brand—unlike, say, craigslist, whose unwilli
by mhartl 13y ago
The success of Cards Against Humanity is evidence of massive demand, and yet all they have protecting them is their brand—unlike, say, craigslist, whose unwillingness to innovate is legendary but whose business benefits from massive network effects. As a result, the (apparent) apathy of the Cards Against Humanity founders offers an opportunity: copy their basic idea, for which they have no protection, and structure your new venture as a real business with full-time efforts devoted to growing sales. You could even one-up them by dropping the non-commercial clause in the Creative Commons license, allowing potential partners to profit and thereby grow your brand further.
The Cards Against Humanity guys are leaving money on the table. Who's going to pick it up?
- mikecane 13y agoI wonder, would this get rejected at the iOS App Store on grounds of taste or something? (That's aside from the fact it'd probably be DMCAed away if someone did it.)
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoI would imagine Apple would take it down quite quickly given how they shy away from even the most subtle of controversies. Not to mention it is illegal or near illegal in a lot of locations (e.g. UK).
- dataxpress 13y agoThere are some pretty raunchy apps on the app store - did you see I'd Cap That last summer? The whole app just takes your image and adds some heavily-innuendo-laden text on top. Lots of apps have similar or worse content.
- UnoriginalGuy 13y agoThis isn't in the same universe as that. Unless it is an app making light of the holocaust then you aren't really comparing like with like.
- walshemj 13y agoHow so its not like its the War on Terror Game as played on the IT Crowd. Apart from the usual nutter MPs (the usual rent a quote mob) there is no real problem with that game.
- prawn 13y agoIs it really bad taste if the questionable combinations (and their assessment) are purely at the hands of players?
- ghempton 13y agoCheck out https://deckepic.com https://deckepic.com
- doctorpangloss 13y agoHell I made the whole thing online http://www.redactedonline.com http://www.redactedonline.com
- Tobu 13y agoPut some time limits or let anyone judge, it keeps getting stuck on “Waiting For Others”.