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Dec. 19th, 2010
Brilliant idea
Dec. 19th, 2010 01:56 pmNo clue how to implement. One of you with lovely lovely webfu, make this happen!
We want a website for boycotts. Boycottdotcom or whatever. User sets up a profile in which they list websites from which they do not want to buy, and why.
When they make a purchase from some other website, boycott grabs the link to the same item, if available, at the sites on the boycott list, then sends an email to those sites saying "You carry this item. I could have bought from you, but I decided to purchase elsewhere because [insert reason given in profile].
In particular, this idea came up because of the several interesting things that Amazon has done recently that make me cringe about buying stuff there, but it would be grand if this was applicable to a bunch of sites and not just Amazon.
Got it? GO!
We want a website for boycotts. Boycottdotcom or whatever. User sets up a profile in which they list websites from which they do not want to buy, and why.
When they make a purchase from some other website, boycott grabs the link to the same item, if available, at the sites on the boycott list, then sends an email to those sites saying "You carry this item. I could have bought from you, but I decided to purchase elsewhere because [insert reason given in profile].
In particular, this idea came up because of the several interesting things that Amazon has done recently that make me cringe about buying stuff there, but it would be grand if this was applicable to a bunch of sites and not just Amazon.
Got it? GO!