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by ScottWhigham 4832 days ago
Oh, this is a Kickstarter-like campaign. I didn't know what "Indiegogo" was - this is basically a landing page for someone trying to raise €1,000,000 to "fight spam". I get it.

To those who say, "stupid idea", I'm very disappointed both in the rudeness you show, and the smallmindedness you exhibit. Will this work? If implemented the way Boris writes, I believe it would for the reasons he stated. Those who say "stupid idea" have never had 4,000 orders to deal with - that's the only logical thing that can explain such reactions. The problem is in the implementation of course. Yes, it would be difficult. Yes, it would require adaptive techniques and technologies. But don't forget that people who have a really good and innovative idea don't just have one idea in their heads for their whole life. Ask PG about that...

It's a good idea. I think that, for it to succeed, you would have to work with one of the big credit card companies. If you could get them to provide honey pot-style credit card numbers, you would have something.

For those saying that competitors could be put out of business if this was misused, what's stopping that from happening 20 years ago, 10 years ago, now, 10 years from now? That's not a reason for this to not be considered, is it? That's like saying, "We shouldn't allow lawsuits because you could sue a competitor and he could lose his business defending the lawsuit due to the cost/distraction."

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Indiegogo predates kickstarter