It seems as though money cannot be the prime motivator. There seems to be a disconnect in the end product that you want people to give.
There seems to be no motivation in this concept other than money, kinda like how a church tells you to pay tithing so that God will like you down the road. It seems to me that the only way to motivate creativity is to have an idea that will inspire creativity primarily, and not just a fuller wallet. And not many will risk even a small farm for an abstract idea that is based on a closed circuit. Plus, how can you really be that creative with the idea of "gimmie" anyway? -Sean On 12/15/06, Nox Dineen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Jan, I wasn't clear about the winnings. I took the lazy route and wrote $10k > rather than adding the zeros. The winners in both Naughty and Nice > categories will get $10,000. > > Would it be more appealing if we removed the whole wish granting aspect and > just made it about who could produce the best/funniest/most amazing video? > > I do also agree that having people pay to submit is probably not the best > revenue model, but it was discussed before I began working with the company > and much of the team consider it a done deal already. The benefit is that > we're trying to encourage higher quality submissions, and having to shell > out the $5 means a person has to have some confidence that their submission > stands a chance at winning. > > Thanks for the comments. (And apologies about the laziness typing numbers > and URLs.) > > Nox > > On 12/15/06, Jan / The Faux Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am not inspired by the concept in the least. > > > > Pay $5 in order to maybe get $10? I don't think so. > > > > Robin Hood works if Met Life is the sponsor. If Met Life is the sponsor, > > then folks don't have to pay to enter. > > > > Glenda the Good Witch would work as wish-granting icon, but she's > > copyrighted. > > > > Year-round-Santa? Perpetual Santa? > > > > Good luck, though, I support the idea of making wishes come true > > wholeeartedly > > > > $10 wishes will be difficult to come by. Hot dogs & sodas for me and two > > friends, please. > > > > Jan > > > > P.S. Were you to type in the whole http address one could just click it > in > > the email. http://www.robinhoodfund.com - like so. > > > > On 12/14/06, Bill Cammack > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<BillCammack%40alum.mit.edu>> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "Nox Dineen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I recently started working at an Internet startup that is looking to > > > create > > > > a video website based around the concept of people submitting wishes > > in > > > > video format, and then granting the wishes with the most votes on a > > > weekly > > > > or monthly basis. The site is at www.robinhoodfund.com (although > we're > > > > considering moving away from the Robin Hood theme), and quite frankly > > I > > > hate > > > > it. It's ugly, user hostile and doesn't exactly prompt immediate > > action. > > > > > > I agree that "Robin Hood" is a poor choice for something like this. :D > > The > > > idea is a good one, > > > but "Robin Hood" implies strongarming funds from one person in order to > > > give them to > > > another person. The question then is "who's getting strongarmed?" and > > "why > > > do they > > > 'deserve' to lose out so someone else can benefit?" > > > > > > Tell whomever thought that up to watch the movie again and pick a > > > different hero. :D > > > > > > -- > > > Bill C. > > > http://ems.blip.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The Faux Press - better than real > > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > Nox 2.0 (blog) -- http://www.noxdineen.com > Nox TV (vlog) -- http://www.noxdineen.com/vlog/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- Artsmash : Art as Starting Line [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artsmash.tv skype : sunoxen
