Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/heard?

Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/h... by JackFr on Thursday September 12, 2013 @11:17AM (#6374565)

Crowdsourcing vigilantism (or random violent assault) - whoneedsabeating.com - snap a photo with your phone, location is tagged and timestamped, optional tweet with why the subject needs a beating.

For free subscriber's beat-down requests are published only with city, photo and reason. Paid subscribers get street address published with beat-down request.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/h... by telephonetemp on Thursday September 12, 2013 @12:32PM (#6375137)

How would you know who delivered the beating? Was there supposed to be a reward for that person?

On a related note, has anyone actually tried building a cypherpunk-style assassination market?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/h... by DanBC on Thursday September 12, 2013 @12:42PM (#6375215)

"Happy slap" style video clips with some kind of cryptographic signing?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/h... by johnmacintyre on Thursday September 12, 2013 @11:48AM (#6374774)

I had an idea for single mothers to post info about deadbeat dads for others to avoid. However, after thinking about it for a bit, I realized it would turn into what you were proposing and decided against it.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/h... by jacquesm on Thursday September 12, 2013 @01:16PM (#6375426)

hehe, I actually did build that... it was called exes4all...

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Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/h... by damon_c on Thursday September 12, 2013 @11:31AM (#6374652)

Why not allow beating requesters the ability to offer a reward to be split by all those who accept the assignment?

or you could have beaters bid on the job...

this could be bigger than eBay!

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