Reminds me of that 1000x1000 ad site from the 90's where you could buy an ad based on how many pixels you purchased. Allow someone to pay to set the chat room topic, the colour scheme, etc. Maybe some Rich instagram kids will throw some cash at it for bragging rights.
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#63Reminds me of that 1000x1000 ad site from the 90's where you could buy an ad based on how many pixels you purchased. Allow someone to pay to set the chat room topic, the colour scheme, etc. Maybe some Rich instagram kids will throw some cash at it for bragging rights.
The page is still up :-) http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage
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#64Reminds me of that 1000x1000 ad site from the 90's where you could buy an ad based on how many pixels you purchased. Allow someone to pay to set the chat room topic, the colour scheme, etc. Maybe some Rich instagram kids will throw some cash at it for bragging rights.
I know, it is not exactly identical to what you are saying, but this is what came to mind, and the idea is very similar, if not the same.
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#65Add a formula that makes it exponentially more expensive if you add more people to CC.
Problem with corporate mailing hell solved.
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#66Business idea: corporate email system that offers a limited amount of emails per month, and once the limit gets hit, discounts money from employee's salary. Add a formula that makes it exponentially more expensive if you add more people to CC. Problem with corporate mailing hell solved.
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#67It reminds me of writing SMS messages - using all the awful txt spk to use as few characters as possible and save money.
Not just to save space. Typing with T9 was much more time-consuming that our autocomplete touch keyboards.
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#69Business idea: corporate email system that offers a limited amount of emails per month, and once the limit gets hit, discounts money from employee's salary. Add a formula that makes it exponentially more expensive if you add more people to CC. Problem with corporate mailing hell solved.
That's purely hypothetical, of course, because no one would take a job at that company.
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#70The equivalent message in English “how are you?” Is 10c