I can see this expanding into news-like arenas, e.g.:
Friend of a friend had their dog pulled out of their car and tossed into traffic (you may remember the story). So friend starts a site to gather info on the suspect, and eventually they have enough of a profile and info that they handed the bolus to a private detective who busted the guy. (I have another friend with a stolen—not lost—pet, who would like to accrete info on the thief).
Or, a person was shot and killed in my neighborhood, and since people don’t talk much ’round here, that crime will never be solved. But some people know his friends, some his enemies, some his work history, etc., and if you put enough of that info together, at a minimum when people google the victim, they’ll end up on this site, where they might be able to add a datum or two. Eventually, maybe a clue forms.
Basically crowd-source crimestoppers/solutions to individual problems (rather than answering a generic question whose answer can be reused … that market is cluttered).
I can see this expanding into news-like arenas, e.g.:
Friend of a friend had their dog pulled out of their car and tossed into traffic (you may remember the story). So friend starts a site to gather info on the suspect, and eventually they have enough of a profile and info that they handed the bolus to a private detective who busted the guy. (I have another friend with a stolen—not lost—pet, who would like to accrete info on the thief).
Or, a person was shot and killed in my neighborhood, and since people don’t talk much ’round here, that crime will never be solved. But some people know his friends, some his enemies, some his work history, etc., and if you put enough of that info together, at a minimum when people google the victim, they’ll end up on this site, where they might be able to add a datum or two. Eventually, maybe a clue forms.
Basically crowd-source crimestoppers/solutions to individual problems (rather than answering a generic question whose answer can be reused … that market is cluttered).