Wow. Fuck this. They say their chief buyer are police departments. Still, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Perch is based in Silicon Valley and raised an angel round from Tim Draper and Boost VC.

Perch is fun to share your unique view of the world. Broadcasting using a Perch Lens reveals what it is like to be human, both the ordinary and extraordinary.

Vice Article on Perch

Tim Draper

Boost VC

I can't find any connection of Boost to Gargoyle beyond the rabbit hole I just went down, no mention of Gargoyle on the Boost website. Hm.

No one is getting the obvious Snow Crash reference?

I like it a lot.

The sad part being that people are never motivated by money. This will fail, as is Ello or whatever Social Media promising to pay you for data/activity.

Now! Make this a Tinder app where you scan license plate of attractive people and swipe right to get paired.

Make this a game app, where the one with more plates get a top ranking level and a fancy hat for his avatar.

Make this a social media for driver, where you share the traffic in your vicinity.

... And you got a business model.

But money? You'll never get enough people ready to be that shady for money.

I don't think I get it.

On first glance, it looks so straightforward.

It makes me wonder how many scummy things were so bold and upfront before the internet.

On one hand, that's shady as fuck.

On the other, I like money so...

Not having their payouts public is kind of shady though. I mean, on top of the shadiness of the business model.