Ask HN: Watch ads to broadcast them, I want your opinion on this system
I once thought of a platform where people have to watch other people's ads to accumulate virtual credits and be able to post their own ads. This is theoretically a system that could work; it would allow freelancers and enthusiasts to promote their projects for free. I would like your opinion on this system and to develop the idea further.
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Not in the ad space but two points spring to mind:
- The point of an ad is to eventually sell something, not just have a lot of people watching the ad. The people using this system might not be the target, which would lead to poor conversion into sales.
- How will you ensure people actually watch it and not just fire it up on a secondary machine and ignore the output, put the phone down and do something else, or similar ways to pretend they watched it? People would have a strong incentive for such behavior.
- The point of an ad is to eventually sell something, not just have a lot of people watching the ad. The people using this system might not be the target, which would lead to poor conversion into sales.
- How will you ensure people actually watch it and not just fire it up on a secondary machine and ignore the output, put the phone down and do something else, or similar ways to pretend they watched it? People would have a strong incentive for such behavior.