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I have an Android game that I've been working on for a while and I think it is pretty interesting but I just don't have the time to continue to polish it and…",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"6076355","thenomad","Interesting idea. I might well be up for both buying and selling - I'll sign up on Monday.",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"6081705","timhargis","I'm not a programmer but I think a site like this makes alot of sense. My last company did pretty strong revenue, well into the 7 figures annually but I wouldn't have a clue how…",[100,111,119],{"value":101,"source":62,"evidence":102},"Unclear what a side project is and why someone would buy one",[103,107],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"6076000","ISeemToBeAVerb","I think this is one of those cases of building a solution for a problem that never existed. Either that, or you need to explain the business better on your landing page. 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