[scoot]

"One Million People" - Huh, well I never. I had a similar idea, inspired by the Million Dollar Home Page, but 5 years before "One Million People".

I think mine was a bit more innovative, (but just as likely to have failed!) - rather than just a grid of faces, with users paying $3 to add theirs, mine was free, and was going to scale the images in proportion to traffic and likes for that user. The aim was to get users to promote their image (therefore the site) through social media. The user that drove the most traffic would share in a prize funded by ad revenue.

I wrote the shape fitting algo, then abandoned the idea! :)

[GFischer]

Interesting. Some kind of vanity contest will definitely attract a lot of traffic if done right and with initial traction.

I don't think that was dumb at all :) .