I do think bidding to post and rate-limiting is an interesting solution but it seems like there needs to be some kind of scaling mechanism.
• You bid to place your given message on the front page for all to see, correct?
• And it stays up for 1 minute? Or until the next bid comes in?
• By "bid", does that mean someone can pay money and potentially lose out on their message being shown?
I think this is interesting, but is almost more of a viral online billboard.
To combat this, Cabyn is set up as a service. Users must bid to post a message. The number of messages is limited to one per minute. Because of this Cabyn is self-sustaining and more easily moderated.
2. No Tracking: Because bids cost money, we don’t need any personal information. We’re not selling ads, so we don’t need to know every move you make online. We don’t use Google Analytics, or any other invasive tracking. IP addresses are not stored, and we don’t ask for emails. Credit card details are securely stored on Stripe servers, not ours. If there ever were a data breach, the only information would be the messages themselves, which are already displayed on the website.
3. No Hate: A lot of social media is used to attack, put people down, and generally not be that nice. We want Cabyn to be a positive place. That’s a big part of why only one message per minute gets posted. A maximum of 1,440 messages a day is infinitely easier to moderate than 8,000 tweets per second, or 15,000+ Facebook actions per second.
The other hard thing about moderation is that people will always disagree with what should and shouldn’t be moderated. We want to make Cabyn a friendly place, so the current guide-line is anything PG-13 or lower should be fine. To discourage inappropriate material, inappropriate bids will be charged, but not shown on the site. This adds a significant cost to inappropriate posting with no benefit.
We’re looking forward to any questions, comments, thoughts, concerns, etc. Thanks!
