Thursday, September 25, 2008

Crowd Sourcing to Solve Relationship Disputes


Have you ever been in the midst of an argument with your significant other, and wished you had an on-call arbitrator to provide a ruling? Or some kind of unbiased jury that you could tap for an opinion of who is right and who is wrong?

If you have, then add SideTaker to your browser's favorites.

Here's how it works: A man or woman logs in to the crowdsourcing site, and airs their grievances anonymously. An email is then sent to their significant other, prompting them to respond and share their side of the story. Once both sides have been heard, all the details go public, and others weigh in with advice and opinions and vote on who they side with. Users can browse arguments by topic, tags, most popular, most viewed, most commented on, and sexual orientation.

There is currently a debate raging over whether or not one man's refusal to flush the toilet can be justified as well-intended frugality. Whether or not his defense of "if it's yellow, let it mellow" will hold up in the court of public opinion is yet to be seen...

[thanks to springwise]

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