Million Dollar Fame Page!

Naturally, people have been equating FameThrower to the Million Dollar Homepage. For those unfamiliar with the Million Dollar Homepage, a guy decided he could make a million dollars by selling 1 million pixels of ad space for $1 per pixel. And he did.
When a get rich quick scheme succeeds, there’s bound to be a slew of “copycats”. Maybe I shouldn’t be, but I’m astounded by stupidity of these imitators.
Here’s a lovely excerpt from the Frequently Asked Questions on UnitedStatesOfAMillion.com:

Are you worried about copy-cats/rip-offs?
Not really. I mean, to be fair, I adapted someone else’s idea as my basic concept didnt I? Although, I did not duplicate the whole product and make it mine. Like I said, no copy-cats sites would become as successful as the original one. This whole thing is about creativity and innovation, and it’s the very core reason why an idea works or achieves its objectives. If you take that away, it’s just not gonna work, so personally, I wouldn’t waste my time on it.

Didn’t duplicate the whole product, huh? Even the tagline (“Own a … Piece of Internet History”) is ripped off. The “new” idea this guy had was to put a map of the United States in the background. Pretty clever. So clever that he’s managed to sell an amazing two ads — to himself!

I shouldn’t be so negative; it’s not like FameThrower is the height of creativity (though I don’t know of another site quite like it). FameThrower is also based on a fairly ridiculous idea. But hey, we had fun making it and we’re helping a good cause. And it just so happens that we’re MAKING PEOPLE FAMOUS!