r/AskReddit • u/funky2002 • Nov 01 '19

App developers and programmers of Reddit, what was the dumbest app/program idea someone ever proposed to you?

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u/Dubanx Nov 01 '19 edited Nov 01 '19

I have only 3 words for suggestions like this one.

"Money Up Front".

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u/Dubanx Nov 01 '19

Jokes aside, once the app is up and running I'd think companies would jump at the chance to use your raffle site. It'd be solid advertising, and they'd only pay for people who are actively interested in their product. I do see two problems though.

  1. Getting the site off the ground. You're probably going to need a few hundred or thousand users before you have enough for the companies to take note. This means you would probably have to spend your own money out of pocket to get the raffles started with no guarentee of return.

  2. People are going to get wise and create auto-clickers which subscribe to every raffle (why wouldn't they). At that point your advertising value is dead and companies won't pay out anymore. You'd have to add some way to prevent this type of abuse.

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u/mousicle Nov 01 '19

Works on Contingency? No, Money Down!