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by ChuckMcM 4471 days ago
They missed out on 'how much would you pay to know who just posted this post?' followed by 'would you pay more than $x to keep your anonymity?' :-) (I'm joking of course)

I suppose if they wanted to, they could pivot to 'secret' deals, which is they get advertised to folks using the app only. But I really don't know how compelling that hook would be.
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bryanbuckley 4470 days ago
So you're kidding about the "ransoming" bit.. but why not have an auction or pledge for 'how much would you pay to know who just posted this post?' and then allow the author to click accept/reveal or no/keep hidden. Could also have an option upfront for disabling the feature (maybe only disabling on the author's end, to ever reveal, but let user's think they can bid it up).

Got me intrigued at least.

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peteontherun 4471 days ago
1. Create Trust 2. Break Trust 3. ??? 4. IPO
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