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And SaaS (Sex as a Service).

The day there's an app for people seeking prostitutes where both parties leave stars and text reviews like Airbnb or Uber will be a weird day.

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not that those rating systems can't be gamed, but yeah, this would definitely be better than the current situation of criminalized prostitution. esp if prostitutes could leave reviews of clients. i imagine there'd be less scamming, violence, and disease transmission on both sides of that sort of transaction if there were reputable rating services that let prostitutes and clients vet one another. it would also lessen the value of pimps/madames/etc, thus making it easier for prostitutes to work independently, which would hopefully lessen the prevalence of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.

so yeah, weird, but in a good "we finally got rid of a relic of our prudish past" sort of way.

You could even get a little blue "verified" checkmark next to your name after you pass an STD test.

Holy shit this is a startup idea! Who is in?

I'm in. We'll call it Layd.

I'm thinking http://layd.io would be an awesome title. I think the IO really gets at what we're going for.

Domain is available, who's in?

I can't stop laughing at this thread.

In? In jail, you mean?

And if you're operating in an area where the legality of the service is gray, you can use machine learning to make sure clients with high probabilities of being government enforcers don't get any action.

There was: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/redbook/

Well, not exactly an app, but some forums dedicated to reviews for courtesans are quite old.

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