I find it cool and potentially very useful. Good luck guys.
Show HN: Our new ridesharing site, BurningManRides.com. Feedback?
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Re: Show HN: Our new ridesharing site, BurningManRides.com. Feedback?
#32There's a similar site in Germany that has more or less replaced hitchhiking. Very popular. Someone is going from, for example from Hamburg to Berlin, and says how many places are free, and how much money you have to chip in to cover expenses. http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/ is the URL. It's worth taking a look so you don't have to reinvent everything.
Same in France, there's a very popular site with several millions of members: http://www.covoiturage.fr
I used the service myself and they have plenty of good ideas, feedback, voting, preferences, good ride search etc.
I myself wanted to start a ridesharing site some time ago but it seems like a tough proposition as it's very much a chicken/egg problem. Good luck with this new site though, we need more people ridesharing in the world :-)
Re: Show HN: Our new ridesharing site, BurningManRides.com. Feedback?
#33I'm certain that "Burning Man" is copyrighted. You might have to tangle with that. http://www.burningman.com/press/pressRandR.html#bmanRR
You misunderstand copyright law. I can use Burning Man as much as I want as long as I don't use the name to make money.
He misunderstands copyright law, because copyright doesn't cover names.
Burning Man may be a trademark, though.