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One of the projects i've daydreamed about is an app where you sign up for issues that you care about like water privitization or palm oil etc, and then you scan

by fifnir 7y ago

One of the projects i've daydreamed about is an app where you sign up for issues that you care about like water privitization or palm oil etc, and then you scan a barcode and get a report of whether the product is connected to any of those problems. You will then (hopefully) not buy the product and maybe hit a button in the app saying that you chose not to buy it. Every month, the app collects the data from its users and produces a report: "Dear Nestle, this month you lost $X of revenue on account of people boycotting you because of this or that." I think it's important to send some kind of negative feedback to companies.

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Similar to https://www.buycott.com/ https://www.buycott.com/?
- dawhizkid 7y ago
  Yeah something like this, though looks like a dead project (no activity in a year)
- fifnir 7y ago
  Ow wow ! pretty much exactly that!
c22 7y ago
I love this idea. I've noticed that as corps get larger and operate more and more brands under fewer umbrellas boycotts are becoming a lot less effective. Most efforts probably don't even land on the radar, let alone have a noticeable impact on the bottom line. Finding ways to deliver more consumer feedback up the chain that aren't mediated by the company's own processes seems essential going forward.
jkestner 7y ago
A friend did something like this a while ago (thesis + code) called Redink: https://github.com/evlrbot/Red-Ink https://github.com/evlrbot/Red-Ink Maybe there are some ideas in there for you. I really wished it got completed.