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When I first saw Blacklist one thing was extremely clear, its is not about getting instant gratification, its not about getting a 1% discount on a Starbucks coffee, and its not about collection a bunch of likes.

The key purpose of Blacklist is one thing; building a space for a concentrated, organized and collective voice about consumer frustration which finally fights back against billion dollor marketing and PR budgets. Its about focusing this frustration and pooling it together to ultimately find the worst of all and shout out loud.

Its off course true, all airlines are bad, but if we closer, some are just a nightmare. These ones need that hear it and these ones are also the ones that would pay a lot of money for the right "negative!" data. Think about it, if I want to come back as the worst airline in history where do I start? I need to fix the biggest pain points but where do I get this information? That can be one massive revenue stream considering Blacklist is all verticals, all geographies.

But apart from that, I feel it is finally a place where my frustration is heard, is noted, not forgotten has impact. It is about feeling better after a rip off, it is about contributing to the whole and about fairness!

All very important things in times of hardcore capitalism and corporate superpowers. So team Blacklist, call yourself David (to the power 10) and fight against Goliath - big time!

Gotta be honest, I don't see the point of this app. As it is right now, it's useless to me. What benefit is it to me to see that someone "blacklisted" UPS? Guess what, I still have to ship packages occasionally, I'm still going to use them.

Complaints about airlines... I'm guessing all airlines will be "blacklisted" eventually because guess what, delays are part of flying.

It just looks like a slightly more organized version of what Twitter and the Internet already largely is: people complaining. There already exist the BBB, ripoffreport, yelp.

So... what value does your app provide? How will you make money?

what you see for the moment is an early version of the product, so it's easy to drive conclusion based on that but let me tell you a little more. Blacklist aims to be the destination online for people to complain on their consumer experience (be it with brands or products). It's designed to empower consumer to have a voice on that matter and extend their reach on the web from that relevant platform. Think of it as a digital megaphone that leverages your voice when you want to get heard. Because when you complain, what counts is that you get the chance to get noticed in order to have interaction with the targeted parties or your social groups. Blacklist is built on that premise.

The aim behind the concept is to bring brands and companies closer for more aligned interactions. It's quite counter-intuitive but we'll create a "Defensive Marketing" channel as an opportunity for them to engage with their end-customers and be part of these conversation online about experience with their products & service. This will effectively provide them the chance to defend their reputation and manage their image in a genuine manner and in a public way.

It has been proven that an individual complaining online, that is then taken care of (and maybe eventually) and got his complaint resolved is far more inclined to turn into a praising customer (than a satisfied customer in the first place). In the same process the brand has the chance to show to others their engagement and care of end-users.

So on a psychological level it means that you-as a customer- you are important, your voice is valued and your experience/opinion matters.

Regarding other solutions out there today, I think they are well serving their own purpose like Yelp for local and others for more specific consumer reports. But Blacklist is focused on reacting and impacting on the brands & products experience that consumer have; anywhere anytime from any of their web-enabled device.

So far as it stands this app isn't very helpful considering it is just people "blacklisting" huge companies in a non-descript manner. I think if you could change the blacklisting process to encourage higher quality responses a la Quora then it might have more use. Otherwise it just seems like a bunch of people hating on companies with little justification.

There is some copyrighting and some test to be done here. The concept is pretty straight-forward, but now there is some work to be done to lead users into the best use of it, I agree. The best is constructive critics, but it's also hard to find on the Web. Feedback from experiences are very valuable though even if they are sometime not well formulated. Some contextual elements can be added and thus enhance the content.

To get a glance about the vision and opportunity tackled by Blacklist, you can check out the book titled "The Power to the People" (http://amzn.to/TTZkZL)

For more content: @Blacklist on Twitter and Tumblr: blacklistpower.tumblr.com

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yes thanks for the heads up, It has been fixed.

Power to the people? What about fairness?

It'll be easy for bad customers to complain, and then we have an ebay-style situation where sellers have to unfairly make amends for nothing.

We need a way to rate the raters! That's the real problem.

Perhaps a better description would get more points.

right I changed it based on your suggestion which I find more appropriate

Blacklist.co - Power to the People