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Problem: Advertising is a big industry. Billions of dollars are spent to bolster brand awareness and drive sales. Increasingly, advertising is digital as consum

by chejazi 11y ago

Problem: Advertising is a big industry. Billions of dollars are spent to bolster brand awareness and drive sales. Increasingly, advertising is digital as consumers spend more time on phones, computers and tablets. Social platforms like Facebook exploit user data for enormous profit, while all the user gets is a “free” product. There is an opportunity for users to reclaim a significant amount of this value, and in doing so realize a greater sense of worth. Mission: To measure and honor the value of every individual. Vision: Corporations and Individuals providing value directly for each other. Product: A URL shortening service for individuals to monetize the content they share. Monetization occurs via an ad featured between the platform sharing the short url (e.g. Facebook) and the site the short url takes the user to (the content being shared).

starshadowx2 11y ago
Do you mean like AdFly? - https://adf.ly/ https://adf.ly/
- chejazi 11y ago
  AdFly is a competitor, but it is oriented toward publishers and advertisers. Everyday people who share content can still use the service, but they will have a difficult time clearing the $5 minimum payout amount.
  - starshadowx2 11y ago
    Maybe if you could make it happen automatically, but I don't see regular people using a link shortener often. People sharing links on FB don't want to have an extra step, they just want to share links. You'd also have to look at the metadata stuff, the preview/Open Graph would just show your shortener service and not the actual content which could lead to less clicks.
    - chejazi 11y ago
      I'm minimizing the complexity of the extra step with a browser extension. When you open the extension, it hits an API with the current URL and gives you the short URL. Ultimately, the goal is to make the service accessible on every site, alongside the Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest buttons common in social widgets. I'm using tools similar to what social platforms use to aggregate metadata, and embedding this information in the page, specifically for crawlers. Facebook still gets the metadata, except it comes from my service and not the original site.

by chejazi 11y ago

starshadowx2 11y ago

Do you mean like AdFly? - https://adf.ly/ https://adf.ly/

chejazi 11y ago
AdFly is a competitor, but it is oriented toward publishers and advertisers. Everyday people who share content can still use the service, but they will have a difficult time clearing the $5 minimum payout amount.
- starshadowx2 11y ago
  Maybe if you could make it happen automatically, but I don't see regular people using a link shortener often. People sharing links on FB don't want to have an extra step, they just want to share links. You'd also have to look at the metadata stuff, the preview/Open Graph would just show your shortener service and not the actual content which could lead to less clicks.
  - chejazi 11y ago
    I'm minimizing the complexity of the extra step with a browser extension. When you open the extension, it hits an API with the current URL and gives you the short URL. Ultimately, the goal is to make the service accessible on every site, alongside the Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest buttons common in social widgets. I'm using tools similar to what social platforms use to aggregate metadata, and embedding this information in the page, specifically for crawlers. Facebook still gets the metadata, except it comes from my service and not the original site.