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Re:Swaptree.com - a startup to easily trade or exchange of y... by mwmanning on Monday November 05, 2007 @06:22PM (#76422)
Swapit.com was a spectacular failure as well.

You can't just slap Web 2.0 branding on bubble 1.0 ideas and expect them to work. How long before we see collaborative filtering for online dog food purchases?

Re:Swaptree.com - a startup to easily trade or exchange of y... by alfa on Monday November 05, 2007 @07:13PM (#76436)
So was switchhouse. No one even bothers with physical media any more for music. Books and movies aren't far behind. Games are the only thing I can think of that might work and have some steam left in it.
Re:Swaptree.com - a startup to easily trade or exchange of y... by derefr on Tuesday November 06, 2007 @01:48AM (#76517)
Books and movies aren't that far behind, but they are behind. Here's a thought: a library where, to take out a book, you have to digitize part of the copy and give the result back to the library for publication to a website. Your allowed lending rate goes down if you do it badly. Add a mail-out option ala Netflix on that same website, and we're in business.
Re:Swaptree.com - a startup to easily trade or exchange of y... by alaskamiller on Tuesday November 06, 2007 @05:51PM (#76794)
In the business of being sued?