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by dshankar 5633 days ago
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."

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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.
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!
Amazon mechanical turk is pretty decent for this.
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!

Oh I will!
Is that what you plan to do with flotype.com...?