I wonder what would happen if you signed up for a boyfriend and a girlfriend and had them talk to each other
“I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
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Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#142For $25/month, I wonder how the economics of this work out. Say they pay $0.05/text (to the MTurker). In about 500 texts, the budget will be used up. That's about 15 texts/day; that's not a lot for today.
That plan included 100 texts per month (last paragraph of the article).
Dammit, I somehow missed that.
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#143Lets call it BaaS. Boyfriend As A Service.
IaaS: Intimacy as a Service.
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#144A perfect application of the Forer effect: humans have an amazing ability to interpret what can apply to anyone as having special significance for themselves. It's the same reason why horoscopes and fortune cookies work. Stepping back and thinking logically, it's easy to see why their messages might apply to a lot of people. But when you're reading one, you can't help but think, "Ah! It says that I would encounter ad…
When I was young I picked up a book at a friend's house on astrology. I am a Taurus. I mistakenly opened it on another sign thinking I was reading the chapter on what made up a Taurus character. I was reading and nodding my head "wow, this is kind of weird. That is me. I do that. Well, I'm not like that but it's not going to be a 100% fit" After several pages I realized my mistake. And then I realized the Forer effec…
Julia Sweeney on astrology - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVjturKoFsg
(The background is she just found out she was actually born 3 months after her parents told her she was born - they lied to get her to start school a year earlier.)
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#145Funny to see this here. My business partner did the design and I'm friends with the team. I can't say that I feel much for the business, but I've been continually impressed by its ability to generate press. People _love_ talking about and debating this concept, and I can't say that I've been completely free from it. That being said, this is currently probably the most covered startup from Saint Louis. While it is nic…
I just learned about this today. This is the greatest marketing concept since "million dollar homepage." My life is a failure for not having thought of this.
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#146This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever read.
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#147> the service has also seen a surge in interest from people in conservative countries, particularly in South America and Europe, where the stigmas against being single or LGBT remain pretty strong.
Uhm this is odd, I don't know about South America but Europe? Here in Sweden LGBT people are even allowed to marry in church before their god http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/10/22/Church-...
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#1485000 users signed up in a day and it's $25 for 100 text messages in a month. That's bank.
Depends on the definition of "signed up". 99% of them may have signed up for the free 10 text message trial. Without knowing the conversion from signup to paid, retention rates, and so on it could be either wildly profitable or losing money.
Re: “I paid $25 for an Invisible Boyfriend, and I think I might be in love”
#149Funny to see this here. My business partner did the design and I'm friends with the team. I can't say that I feel much for the business, but I've been continually impressed by its ability to generate press. People _love_ talking about and debating this concept, and I can't say that I've been completely free from it. That being said, this is currently probably the most covered startup from Saint Louis. While it is nic…
I just learned about this today. This is the greatest marketing concept since "million dollar homepage." My life is a failure for not having thought of this.
By greatest marketing concept you mean a quick and easy way to make money, yeah? I wouldn't be so hard on yourself for not having thought of it. Personally, I believe humanity would be at a net gain had no one thought of or executed on this idea.