Taylor Slow



Ticketmaster faced recently, I think, a senate committee hearing over the fact that so many fans were unable to get tickets, and that those listed by resellers were going for upwards of $20,000.

Ticketmaster themselves blamed the rise of the bots. These attempt to circumvent the devices like captchas that the company use, in order to appear human so as to be able to make repeat purchases... a treasure-trove of tickets to resell on StubHub et al.

I like the idea that people who claim to be who and what they are must prove it with having to recognise family or friends from among their cohort.

That could be contracted out to a  company like bloxlox, who'd be able to verify that you are who (or what) you say you are?

Image courtesy of Cal Poly's Mustang News.

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