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50 points in 13 minutes without setting off the anti spam detector? Impressive. I still believe this is vote manipulation, though.
Creator here - no vote manipulation. In fact, I don't actually know anyone who has a hacker news account, believe it or not. Just an intriguing title I suppose?
I would totally use this if the guy running it was closer to robot than human. A highly logical walkthrough of whatever problem I present is something I would value immensely, as I think anyone else who's watched any sci-fi films with all-knowing, oracle-like talking computers would. But I don't think this is a problem that can be solved by ordinary people, and AI is nowhere close yet. Perhaps there's room in the wor…
50 points in 13 minutes without setting off the anti spam detector? Impressive. I still believe this is vote manipulation, though.
Creator here - no vote manipulation. In fact, I don't actually know anyone who has a hacker news account, believe it or not. Just an intriguing title I suppose?
That's what I would say ;)
But I do believe you, without reading your comment. I just liked the idea and upvoted. I'm extremely curious about how many people actually do this though. I'm sure we could crowdsource $10 on HN to learn those stats, say, a week from today ;)
2. Brutal Outfit Advice
Pay to get brutally honest feedback on your outfit. Give commission to (vetted) critics.
Alternative name: What Would You Think? (http://startupideas.posthaven.com/2-brutal-outfit-advice - now defunct blog)
Good to see someone do executing on it. Good luck!
Since this is a product over email, would be less friction to support payments over Square Cash. Just ask the question and cc cash@square.com. No need to visit the website and can be done from mobile easily :)
Does this remind anybody else of: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/05/26
I won't be snarky here, but will suggest a news story of related interest. Journalist A. J. Jacobs turned on his full sense of humor as well as his honesty when he wrote a story for Esquire magazine in 2007 about the "radical honesty" movement. The story's title gets him started: "I Think You're Fat."[1] When I read this story the first time, right after it was published, I laughed out loud and immediately shared it with my favorite online group of friends (this was pre-Facebook, for me). I shared it with a new group of friends this summer, and found out that they like the story too. Try it. I think you'll like it.
A guy who could take the business idea proposed in this thread and execute it with as much humor as A. J. Jacobs could become a millionaire.