Defining Desperate

This is starting to get interesting.

Michael, can you flesh out a little more your idea about what people would post? It seems like we are diverging slightly, so this would be a good time to lay both directions out on the table and reach a consensus on what sounds best. In particular, I was starting down a path that was rapidly turning into a more irreverant, college-targeted version of elance.com. Your direction is different. More of a philanthropic, social experiment feel to it. I'm intruiged, but I want to make sure I understand correctly. Is the basic idea that people who need money post a plea for why they are deserving, and then individuals can donate to specific people?

There could, actually, be two different ideas here. And there is, of course, nothing stopping us from launching both. One could be a fun college-style eLance were students try to get money from other students, the other, and interesting twist on personal philanthropy -- instead of donating to a big organization, fix individuals lives.