[dshankar]

Fake it. Create fake users, fake traffic, fake places they've been to, fake trips.

Creating fake but believable data will drive real users who think "this is really cool, I love User1023's trip data."

[alexro]

Don't create fake data all by yourself - it will have your hand obvious, rather pay people to create content how only they can do it. You can give them the brief instructions of course.

[ihavetoblog]

I've seen places where I can get services. I think it was Odesk.com and I think there are some others. But yes, getting disenfranchised with a project usually involves doing a lot of work yourself!

[shiftpgdn]

Amazon mechanical turk is pretty decent for this.

[Jem]

I've been working as a web dev for a marketing firm for years and this has never occurred to me before. Damnit.

Even if the OP doesn't use this tip, I will. Thanks!

[ihavetoblog]

Oh I will!

[macmac]

Is that what you plan to do with flotype.com...?