Although I generally agree, a few points.
LILL.com as a domain is ABSOLUTELY worth $! Speaking as someone who has played around with buying and selling domains. When Kosmost announced it as our domain, I immediately looked it up and was trying to discern how he purchased it and price paid. I still don't know, yet it has been tied up for over a decade or longer if memory serves me. I would have paid $10,000 just a few years ago if I could have swung the funding....and that is coming from the finances of a lill fish like me. If it was placed on some of the large domain sales websites a few years back when I was somewhat involved, I would have had my ice cream cone and bike stolen (and ghost ridden) and been kicked to the curb with my $10,000 bid as REAL investors walked all over that ridiculous offer. I'm jealous, I would love to have owned that domain.
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"people are moving from web to phones,"
although I will probably always see value in creating websites that are viewed/used on desktops/laptops, I do agree that phone search and apps are very interesting as they pertain to Karma. And again, if this sale goes through, I think we should matriculate the brainstorming over to
EyeQoo location based mobile shopping and using Karma coin for all matter of tipping, advertising/marketing, etc etc. This would be a two way use of Karma allowing store owner advertisers to receive and tip Karma to/from shoppers. We wold of course receive advertising fees for store owners, etc. The list really goes on and is unexhaustible.
As such, let be clear on this:
The sale of LILL.com cannot in any way deter the prospects to developing EyeQoo.
I would love to hear from Kosmost that a contract...if it ever came to that...for the sale of LILL.com would include very clear details that KarmaShares is under no exclusion clause agreement as to deter us from developing EyeQoo if we so choose. Btw, how many of you did research on how many search engine is on the market and how many of them is rewarded? So, even BING is rewarding users and it is not helping. Check:
http://archive.kare11.com/news/article/931941/0/Two-search-engines-that-reward-you-for-surfing-the-internet-Also this:
http://www.cnet.com/news/swag-bucks-earn-rewards-for-searching-the-web/And there are many many more. People don't be blind, Lill is not bringing anything new, there are already many search engines with rewards and big companies behind them. I can imagine browser toolbar, I can imagine it will bring million every year, but it is simply a dream. Toolbars are dying concept, people are moving from web to phones, it will be harder and harder to get marketshare on such market. Phones are closed, no way you can put your toolbar into mobile browser. Lill is nothing unique, the domain value is almost 0, it is just 4 letter without real visitors. I don't know the technology behind lill is, but If it was created in few months, it is not wort $1,2 million itself. Until now KARMA was just risky investment for me. If Karma sells Lill.com for $1,2 I will feel much more comfortable knowing, there are funds, results and smart people behind. Also If we reject the offer, count with huge sell-off. People do not want to be part of company, where greed and dreams destroy smart decisions. Selling is sure moon way, not selling is fast crash.
I would tend to agree, and feel that EyeQoo could be just as big, if not bigger. The EyeQoo concept (as well as our other concepts) would be specifically excluded from the non-compete clause, as this would likely be the next thing I would want to focus on and push for.
But I don't agree that "...people do not want to be part of company". Any company is just a type of community, and I think people want to be a part of a community. We have an opportunity now to do something a big different with our global, internet-driven community. It's more than profits but finding ways to reward our community and society as a whole, I think. When people usually join companies they may think they are joining a great community and are often disappointed, as greed and politics get in the way. We're trying our best to find a way to go about business where such things won't be fed, and are looking at foundational ways to create such an environment.
Of course, not working like a company also presents some challenges (especially with regards to organization and responsbilities) but I think as we move along we can find an effective way of doing things while at the same time evolving our culture to a point where people will look at us and not see a company but more of a really unique and interesting cooperative-type community.
Thanks for your input
