Wild idea I'm betting my life on: paying cell phone owners to disrupt the fake news media machine... ( conspiracy )

submitted by goldenagewhen

We’ve all seen the power of open source information to solve a mystery. Crowdsourced investigations like George Webb does are often faster than traditional news in getting to the latest stories and gathering evidence. Even the news relies combs through social media for its sources — but only when the source fits their agenda.

What about everything that the news doesn’t show you? Or that the social media feeds aren’t currently covering? It’s time the crowd has the ability to see for itself, to self-coordinate and become its own reporters.

Even if you’re in lockdown, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to explore what’s happening in another city by linking up with someone willing to livestream exactly what you want to see, without having to wait for the news media gatekeepers to serve it up for you at their leisure.

I'm building a platform to allow curious citizens to crowdfund bounties anywhere on a map, that other users can capture by starting a public livestream there. Users who are near enough to collect these bounties get paid, kind of like uber, but for livestreaming. Streamers will earn tips for realtime requests during streaming too. And we are going to try to maximize the earnings you can make with the video you collect.

This isn’t just a tool to build a utility to facilitate public collaborative research, we think this has real potential to help lots of underemployed people make income on the side.

Currently, we are just about to launch our alpha version, but we need some feedback from people willing to try it and give feedback.

In particular, I’m looking for people who A) want to help disrupt the fake news media machine, B) people who are currently in the gig economy, or C) people who have been financially displaced by covid and looking to make money by using their cell phone.

If this sounds like you, or if you are simply interesting in making money by catching video bounties near you, let’s talk.

To join our alpha group, you can drop your email (burner is recommended - we don't want your PII!) here: www.vidi.world

Keneo77

Hell of an idea.

facereplacer

Cool idea. I work in marketing, advertising, design, etc. I can likely help put presentations, websites, apps, and that sort of thing together.

goldenagewhen

Let's talk! Would you use the app? If you join the alpha group through our landing page we can start a conversation.

facereplacer

And of course I would want to use the app.

facereplacer

What's the website again?

goldenagewhen

www.vidi.world is where we're taking alpha signups

facereplacer

Sent.

Rellik88

This is fucking genius. This could be used for anything. My wife was reading about a bad accident near us this morning. Of course no pics or video. I would drop $5 to get a view of the action.

goldenagewhen

Have you signed up yet? Let's talk, come join the alpha group.

JTMTL

Excellent idea. If you could structure into a charity. The donors could get a tax deduction. "Christians for reality". Link the payments through Churches. They get paid a percentage to participate. They have the long standing support of the general population.

goldenagewhen

Get in here www.vidi.world

25716838?

Have you thought about what you will do with rich (((cunts))). Say I put a $10 bounty on a location, anon goes to film it but (((they))) don't want the stream so outbid me in tips saying "film the ground near your feet for $5000", if I was anon im filming my feet, but sucks if I'm the original bounty placer.

goldenagewhen

It wouldn't work like that, won't happen don't worry

25716713?

Love the idea. Please reply or DM me to remind me to create a burner email and sign up.

Morion

This is some serious builder content right here.

kindlyenlightenme

“Wild idea I'm betting my life on: paying cell phone owners to disrupt the fake news media machine...” Why is it a wild idea? By interconnecting via a central hub, even live instances of anomalous aerial phenomena observations could be tracked across country.

SerialChiller

  1. Which country/countries are you and the co-founders a citizen of?
  2. Which country is the service operating from?

ThisIsMyRealName

I'm building a platform to allow curious citizens to crowdfund bounties

And that's where I stopped. Show us what you got or fuck off. This isn't HN.

ThisIsMyRealName

Btw, I know Python.

Warnos44

Great idea.

Wish I were as "wise as a snake" to figure out how they'll use it to their advantage.

Looking forward to seeing positive impacts!

Magill50001

Dang good idea

goldenagewhen

Thank you kindly. If you find it interesting I would really appreciate you sharing with friends you have who are free-thinkers interested in helping us break the MSM's grip on public opinion.

auchtung

A suggestion find a good legal team, as I am guessing you could find yourself in hot water if you dont ensure you cover the bases. Also, might just have someone do a preleminary, just to ensure you dont waste your time on a legal nightmare. Otherwise, it is a great idea and I wish you all the luck.

goldenagewhen

love your profile pic by the way. if you are a pagan segway rider we need you as a streamer pronto.

goldenagewhen

1000%

25716706?

My first thought is if (((people))) offer very large tips to do illegal activity, what are the legal ramifications for your entity, especially if you are taking a cut of tips (which you should)?

Uberfeedus

My unlimited data plan could come in handy

goldenagewhen

Sounds like we need you. Please join the team!

VOALTRON

Great idea! Pro tip- there are already thousands of available live feeds that anyone can access for free through various phone apps.

Download an app like LiveCams Pro, or something similar, and there are thousands of video feeds from public video cameras (traffic cams, store cams, etc.) available all over the place. Private cameras can be accessed too with the proper authorizations.

Encourage your supporters to make use of this resource. It's a great tool.

goldenagewhen

shodan is a great search engine for IOT connected devices too. These are great tips! The focus for this app is unlocking that which can't be found. Or if you want a custom look at it at a specific time or place.

noworldorder

How will you facilitate transactions? Bitcoin I assume?

goldenagewhen

A token on the platform for transactions. Tokens can be earned by completing bounties, or purchased using btc or usd (potentially monero in the near future), and spent on bounties/tips and cashed out for btc or usd (potentially monero in the near future).

NiggadermCQ

TMZ ratings will sky rocket

tomdogg

Great idea.

pizzawithgreenchile

It's a good idea. I'd participate.

goldenagewhen

Thank you, and please do. Feel free to PM me with any questions you have.

FriedChicken

I use the snap map

goldenagewhen

Which is great if someone has already covered it for you. When you want to get someone to a specific spot, right now, to react to what you'd like them to do, use VIDI

FriedChicken

I mean..... if people see something interesting they'll record it

Lynnwiod

I sent a burner email to your DM inbox. Love it!

goldenagewhen

Thank you! Please share the site (www.vidi.world) with all the people you know who are awake to the fact that 99% of "news" is now poisonous propaganda.

i_scream_trucks

need it rolled out in australia.

we need to have people watching the police all the time

whats more, we need to be identifying them.

the sharia patrols (thats exactly what they are, they are people that are hired specifically to enforce extra-judicial instructions mandating face coverings, social distancing, no touching, and im guessing soon we will be allowed to 'not have a vaccine' but only if we pay extra fees places, which is jizya) do not wear nametags which is also unlawful and are hidden behind masks.

they need to be identififed in exactly the same way americans are unmasking and publically shaming antifa terrorists.

any help anyone can give the citizens of Victoria will be well remembered by us.

JTMTL

Australia needs something like the IRA right now. Get some guns & ammo into the hands of a much needed militia.

i_scream_trucks

a million and one niggerfaggots are laughing at me right now. because i fought hard against that logic.

but that was before we lost sight of who we are as a nation. I dont know when it happened, but this is not the country i grew up in.

and youre right.

if we get through this ill be doing my utmost to start getting petitions going or joining petitions for rights to bear arms. we already have a right to absolute self defence, and those rights do include lethal force 'not disporportionate' so yeah you know what its time to go the next step, because im not liking this shit where police and government are now openly creating their own state within a state while shrinking 'victoria' into the size of your own living space.

Empire_of_the_mind

You're biting Citizen?

goldenagewhen

I enjoy their app. What do you mean by "biting" them?

Empire_of_the_mind

doing the same thing

goldenagewhen

No - citizen is still very curated and top-down, indexed primarily on police scanner activity decorated with crowdsourced photo and video of the event.

VIDI is a portal that gives you the power to see any desired public location in the world, by renting a nearby user’s smartphone camera for a public live stream. You can spend tokens (which can be earned or purchased) to crowdfund bounties for live streams anywhere, any time, OR you can earn tokens (exchangeable for cash) by collecting bounties and tips.

Empire_of_the_mind

that explanation is much clearer. so I can offer access to my camera, based on my location, to someone who wants to see what is going on where I am.

that is a good idea.

goldenagewhen

Thanks :) As a streamer, you get the entirety of the crowdfunded bounty - for desirable coverage, we anticipate that bounty to be quite significant. You then stand to earn tips during your stream, the easiest way would be to let your viewers tip to suggest where you go during your stream. All footage you collect is searchable by anons later on the map, and costs a small micropayment in tokens to view, which you then earn as well. So you own the equity in your video and receive royalties. One viral clip that uncovers something important, and you could have passive income off the video for the foreseeable future.

Empire_of_the_mind

give it a ruder name, something like "Journalist." That would be hilarious.

goldenagewhen

Ha!

goldenagewhen

We've thought of these risks as well - they are great points. We won't be allowing illegal activity on the platform, including gang stalking, terrorism, or breaking and entering or leaking sensitive places. This is OSINT, which has clearly defined boundaries. It's very much not bullshit, yes US citizen, no we don't intend to be facilitating foreign espionage. Thank you for your pointers.

25716789?

Oh wait so this for USA people only?

goldenagewhen

No

mememeyou

so like Pokemon Go bounties for news

goldenagewhen

Sort of, except you can make the bounties too. Everyone can use both sides of the market, and you can use this to research what is happening now anywhere in the world, you don't need someone who is already streaming over there to get the footage.

goldenagewhen

Bounties are tied to place and time, not people. I'm saying your objection won't be feasible with how I've designed the platform. Any other objections? What's your deal?

goldenagewhen

you can easily gangstalk people using facebook if that's your cup of tea. we're already well aware of the potential downsides (every platform deals with them), and are preparing to prevent them as much as possible.

goldenagewhen

everything is public, there is no allowance for private bounties. The reason I built this is to finally allow for members of the public to investigate together for themselves, so I would prefer the term "sous-veillance" rather than "surveillance". It's bottom up, watching the watchers, not top down. If you define spying as collecting any information at all and sharing it, then i suppose posting in a dig thread on voat would be considered spying.

PygmyGoat

Sounds like the bounty system that was in the third season of “Westworld”.

goldenagewhen

Haven't seen past season 1. I'll have to watch

PygmyGoat

Season 1 was the best season. The writers lost their way after that but parts are still entertaining.

xenochrist15

"I'll take a large order of ANTIFA protest smackdowns along with a double side order of pavement ape homicides please. Throw in some Oregon forest fire footage for dessert and that'll be all."

Baconmon

Dude that sounds fricking awesome.. I really hope it comes in to fruitition.. If you can get it going then I imagine it will become as popular as any of the other gig companies..

goldenagewhen

Thank you! Would love your feedback if you'd like to join the alpha group and test early versions.

MyMobileAccount

Coordinated open-source intelligence is a great idea. It incentivises people to get involved and makes it so that we can all understand better what is happening.

goldenagewhen

I'm glad you like it. Opponents to public awakening are already well entrenched in the public information gathering domain, but no one seems to be building tools to help the public use and build on the information. More feeds and distractions are not what we need. So this is the infrastructure the public would need to perform the duties of a supply chain of research: collaborative gathering of evidence (what I've been posting about), collaborative investigation (will need to be done carefully, after the first layer is secure), then collaborative content creation (netflix for crowdsourced news). Everything will be linked together so that you are never again forced to swallow news articles and videos without a clear audit trail of the investigative reasoning and evidence on which it is based.

With these tools, you will be able to safely cooperate with people in communities such as this, asynchronously or live, to dig and meme the truth out.

GoldenHead

Good luck to you.

goldenagewhen

Thank you. It is looking like it is about to happen. If you could share this with people you think would benefit from this, that would be greatly appreciated. This could be what we need to free people from the clutches of the propagandistic media monopoly, globally. That's where I'm steering the ship, at least.