Buy low, sell high.

September 3, 2007 12:19 AM

meta-marketsOnline stock market for trading socially networked creative products.
posted by tellurian (20 comments total)

Blue horseshoe loves wendell.
posted by Poolio at 12:32 AM on September 3, 2007 [2 favorites]

the admins here are just going to let bevets back and short-sell metafilter into the ground.

ZOMG ENRONFILTER
posted by Avenger at 12:34 AM on September 3, 2007 [1 favorite]

LOLLOSERS
posted by Poolio at 12:49 AM on September 3, 2007

How's the snark doing compared to the cory right now, anyway?
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:51 AM on September 3, 2007

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posted by blacklite at 12:53 AM on September 3, 2007

If this is a joke, it needs to be more obvious.
posted by rhymer at 1:19 AM on September 3, 2007

I just want to say one url to you -- just one url -- 'plastic.com'.
posted by stavrogin at 1:36 AM on September 3, 2007

The over/under on this comment is 6½ favorites.
posted by Poolio at 1:43 AM on September 3, 2007 [4 favorites]

+1
posted by pruner at 1:50 AM on September 3, 2007 [1 favorite]

Fake money. Bummer.

It'd be fun to make extra profit while I sit around and not work for my employer.
posted by floam at 1:50 AM on September 3, 2007

I just envisioned how much worse the sock-puppeting and hiring Indian upvoters would be if there was real money to make. Nevermind.
posted by floam at 1:52 AM on September 3, 2007

FuckedCompany.com 2.0
posted by Poolio at 1:55 AM on September 3, 2007

To summarise:

1. Setting up a market to trade a commodity for which is there is an effectively limitless supply all provided for nothing.

2. Something which, when it does make money either does so via the advertising it attracts or by leveraging other offline products - blog to book etc.

3. Something which even established brands with vast resources struggle to make much out of.

4. All in fake money.

I'm convinced.
posted by rhymer at 2:18 AM on September 3, 2007 [1 favorite]

Diggs can only go up.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:22 AM on September 3, 2007 [1 favorite]

Web Will Eat Itself.
posted by Jimbob at 2:38 AM on September 3, 2007

1. Setting up a market to trade a commodity for which is there is an effectively limitless supply all provided for nothing.

2. Something which, when it does make money either does so via the advertising it attracts or by leveraging other offline products - blog to book etc.

3. Something which even established brands with vast resources struggle to make much out of.

4. All in fake money.

5. DON'T PROFIT!
posted by poppo at 2:50 AM on September 3, 2007 [1 favorite]

Bonus points for naming your new fake money after yourself.
posted by penguinliz at 5:29 AM on September 3, 2007

Screw Meta-Markets. And screw you too, MetaFilter! Thanks to mathowie, jessamyn & cortex, not to mention all you other idiots, I'll have to sell my timeshare in the Poconos. Instead of investing on this blue, grey and green crapshoot, I could've poured my revenues into Facebook...
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:32 AM on September 3, 2007

Already been done (shameless I know).
posted by monkeyx-uk at 9:20 AM on September 3, 2007

What a great thread. Interesting comments and analysis. Well done.
posted by tellurian at 4:13 PM on September 3, 2007