Feedback: Timepledge.com

Posted by shraremywin2 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:20PM
from the self-post dept.

I have domain name for an idea around a kickstarter type platform based on time.

You have a project that needs: 1000 hours of Data Collection, 50 hours of development time, etc.

But, you have a chicken and egg problem. If enough people put in the time, it would be successful, but only after a certain threshold of effort is met. No one wants to "go first" and put the risk in.

I feel like this could be a solution. If enough people pledge time (maybe with backups) the project could be a success.

Simple example might be an ebook with different chapters written but different authors.

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Re:Feedback: Timepledge.com by shraremywin2 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:22PM (#19627910)

Maybe a game?

Datatset for AI.

CyptoTokens.

maybe a blog. contribute time to different articles.

What do you think? Are there other types of project this might make sense?

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Re:Feedback: Timepledge.com by shraremywin2 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:49PM (#19628151)

I was also thinking of a time trading platform. That could use this as a kick off point.

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Re:Feedback: Timepledge.com by verdverm on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:25PM (#19627937)

How do you handle that time estimates never match reality?

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Re:Feedback: Timepledge.com by shraremywin2 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @03:49PM (#19628143)

I'm thinking it's not a platform for managing projects as much as a platform to aggregate a group of people interested in a project/cause.

But, over time users would give/get feedback as to whether they lived up to their time pledge.

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Re:Feedback: Timepledge.com by verdverm on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:06PM (#19628782)

What should I set my "time funding goals" as? (was what I was getting at)

Do I need to interview the volunteers?

With Kickstarter, I get money I can later hire people I filter.

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Re:Feedback: Timepledge.com by shraremywin2 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:25PM (#19674986)

It mostly was more of crowd sourced type projects.

I originally thought of it as a way to kickstart a time trading platform.

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