I think the reason investors are so excited is that the users are. Experienced investors have seen this pattern before. Occasionally a startup will hit a previously undiscovered spot in the periodic table and just take off. The end result is almost always good, unless the startup commits suicide like Friendster or gets offed like Napster.
Good luck with the monetization.<p>It's probably just me - but there is no way I'd want me face on every tweet as I wrote it. Must be a generational thing.
12 points by staunch 218 days ago | link<p>Where's the business model?
-----<p>12 points by j0ncc 218 days ago | link<p>Good question. I have a few ideas that I'm going to be pursuing...<p>Continuation:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=479352" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=479352</a>
I saw somewhere that adult content drives a ton of traffic to tumblr. I know ning had some issues with this.<p>I'd be curious to see if this happens to dailybooth.<p>(I'm not completely crazy: <a href="http://dailybooth.com/ashh" rel="nofollow">http://dailybooth.com/ashh</a>)
Hot? Or not? They do not seem to understand RSS feeds. Feeds are not linked to in meta tags nor anywhere on the page. When I inquired by email, the guy responded with a bunch of false URLs. I managed to fix the typos and find the true feeds, but it didn't even use media RSS, so the feeds were useless anyway.
If they become or are very successful, at least I don't have to tell myself "damn, why did I not act on that idea". Definitely a market I don't understand and to be honest, don't really care for. However, if they can make it big, more power to them!
I think this represents a wave shift in the social identity landscape - certain types of users want to share everything, and make that public. Sites like Facebook with their 'walled garden' photos are missing out on a great opportunity. I'm glad to hear about DailyBooth as it's a YCombinator participant. We're applying to participate in their next session.
One way they can start monetizing now is by partnering with our company, PicWash.com. They can add a link on their toolbar for users to get their photo retouched by our professional graphic designers. It's a revenue share model that can help get a new stream of revenue on their books. There are lots of other more traditional revenue models that can be done as well (advertising, freemium, etc).