Imagine a service where you can type in your zip code and see live which local bars have all the hottest people hanging out at that moment.
I imagine a “Hot or Not” like service where people can use their mobile phones to upload, review and vote on images. Your at a bar and see a hot hostess or girl so you snap a pic and submit it to a web service. That image immediately becomes available for user voting. Based on some point system all bars can then be rated so those with the best looking people rise to the top. This would make great discussion for those hanging out at the pubs; meanwhile the data mining and front end regular website possibilities are endless. Individual bars would certainly pay a premium for placement or attention in order to attract more folks to their establishments. There are a ton of ways to monetize this service.
The two big complications would be legal and screening as far as I can tell and this has been my major sticking point with this idea. One, you would need to have a way to quickly remove those who don’t want to be seen online and bar owner permissions may be required. Secondly, a mechanism needs to be in place to remove dumb or disgusting images quickly so the pool is not diluted and in turn a bars ranking’s affected.
Collage towns would certainly be the right place to launch this. You may have to do a fair amount of offline promoting and data collection upfront but once decent coverage of an area is achieved it would certainly reach the tipping point and become viral networking site.
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There’s apps like this already. Even one from san fran that has a black map and then lights up the map depending on how many people are there.
-Craig Sharkton