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A while ago I was thinking about how people spend a lot of their money on impressing others. Fancy clothes and jewellery, the red sports car, etc. Really all it

by keesj 10y ago

A while ago I was thinking about how people spend a lot of their money on impressing others. Fancy clothes and jewellery, the red sports car, etc. Really all it is, is showing off how much money you've got to waste. I like to make things more efficient, so I came up HIGHSCORE.MONEY – A public scoreboard you can participate in by simply paying. The more you pay, the higher you're place in the scoreboard. Of course, it's a bit silly, but people can be silly at times so I figured I'd give it a shot and see what happens. Curious to hear what the HN community thinks.

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cprecioso 10y ago
I think it's a bold, fun idea, with good aesthetics. Now, I'm not going to pay anything, but maybe someone will? After all, this is mostly advertisement space. Humble Bundle leaderboards have served as de-facto advertisement space for some time. And if we go a lot back, The Million Dollar Homepage is still up, isn't it?
- keesj 10y ago
  Yep, exactly. I've seen similar concepts be successful in the past. Of course we only get to see the successful ones (survivorship bias) and for every successful 'experiment' there are a 1,000 failed ones, but I figured why not give it a try.
nibs 10y ago
I always thought this should exist for philanthropy. If you get a critical mass, it becomes self perpetuating. I am not sure the value of doing it just because, but taking a standard percentage of funds raised and passing the rest through to charities would probably really get people spending.
ryanlol 10y ago
>A while ago I was thinking about how people spend a lot of their money on impressing others. Fancy clothes and jewellery, the red sports car, etc. Really all it is, is showing off how much money you've got to waste. Except often "fancy" clothes simply fit better, are better made. Sports cars can be fun to drive. Those are certainly not a "waste" of money, assuming you have the money to spend, of course. It's really not all that black and white. I love the site though, clever.
- keesj 10y ago
  Valid points for sure. I should have worded it less strongly.
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pavel_lishin 10y ago
Please kill the loud auto-playing music.

by keesj 10y ago

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cprecioso 10y ago

I think it's a bold, fun idea, with good aesthetics. Now, I'm not going to pay anything, but maybe someone will? After all, this is mostly advertisement space. Humble Bundle leaderboards have served as de-facto advertisement space for some time. And if we go a lot back, The Million Dollar Homepage is still up, isn't it?

keesj 10y ago
Yep, exactly. I've seen similar concepts be successful in the past. Of course we only get to see the successful ones (survivorship bias) and for every successful 'experiment' there are a 1,000 failed ones, but I figured why not give it a try.

nibs 10y ago

I always thought this should exist for philanthropy. If you get a critical mass, it becomes self perpetuating. I am not sure the value of doing it just because, but taking a standard percentage of funds raised and passing the rest through to charities would probably really get people spending.

ryanlol 10y ago

>A while ago I was thinking about how people spend a lot of their money on impressing others. Fancy clothes and jewellery, the red sports car, etc. Really all it is, is showing off how much money you've got to waste. Except often "fancy" clothes simply fit better, are better made. Sports cars can be fun to drive. Those are certainly not a "waste" of money, assuming you have the money to spend, of course. It's really not all that black and white. I love the site though, clever.

keesj 10y ago
Valid points for sure. I should have worded it less strongly.
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pavel_lishin 10y ago

Please kill the loud auto-playing music.