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Isn't the whole "pay to apply" the business model of http://localbacon.com

Edit: seems that localbacon isn't what it used to be... http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/22/jibe-localbacon-relaunch/

I think their original idea was great and could definitely have grown into a viable business given time. Looks like the VCs didn't want to wait for that to happen and now they have to do all this social network bullshit.

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