It should be perfect for roleplaying, in theory at least.

We’re not flying anytime soon I suspect.

The issue is that, if I move the N to the left, where it properly belongs relative to the O and T, it winds up unbalancing it because of the U that’s above it. The T has to be in the middle, and the point of the N has to point at the U in the same way as the O.

So, yeah, maybe the solution isn’t perfect, but the effect on the logotype overall is better than when the N was in the right place for just the ONT.

Of course, then you have two problems: how do you make anyone want a currency when it doesn’t yet get anyone anything they want, because no one takes it, because no one has it?

Facebook has long been rumored to be working on an online payment system, which could either kill this idea dead or be the sucktastic thing that this idea needs to be compared to to take off.

• You talk with your friends. They’re the source of reputation, after all.
• You show stuff to your friends.
• You consolidate services, rather than requiring users to use yours for everything.
• You have an easy web interface AND API so there can be lots of clients.
• You assume it will be used mobilely.

When you take a pic with your phone, it should ask you if you want to publish it and to whom, probably by category. Its GPS should let only certain people know where you are. Your status updates go out to a Venn diagram of people.

Something very curious to me about Facebook is that a lot of people use it as an arcade of shitty games and a source of badly spelled personality quizzes. Whatever my feelings on the quality of such games, it’s obviously an important features of the system. Getting game developers onboard means that a couple of addictive games could get a buzz going. You can only play multiplayer (or see whose scores are high, or whatever way you interact with other people) once you’ve got an ID.

Hey, T-Boy, I don’t know who you are, so I don’t know your expertise (ironically). You’re absolutely right: BitTorrent has definite uptime issues. That’s why I also bring up DNS, which is deeply redundant. This could be something that ISPs and domain hosts could offer as a service.

The key here is obviously figuring out how to get people to need to see others’ profiles the way Facebook does. People sign up because they want to see someone else’s pics. If I have images on Flickr that only my Family can see, my Family will register, assuming it’s really easy.