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Show HN: Challenge your friends to anything. The catch: you put $$ on the line(goaliemvmt.com)
2 points by slucaskim 2y ago|0 comments
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by slucaskim 2y ago
Really interesting point. But so true
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by slucaskim 2y ago
I absolutely love your domain!
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by slucaskim 2y ago
So your idea is perfect if you want to do a challenge by yourself, and is something we're definitely considering adding in the future! Because in our model, a challenge needs at least 2 people. So if we want to support a single person
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by slucaskim 2y ago
You might be right. But for now, I think we want to intentionally leave it constrained, and only add bigger groups later down the line when there's more demand. We want to instill that small group vibe as much as possible for now
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by slucaskim 2y ago
The daily check ins require a photo upload. Of course people can cheat by uploading non-legitimate photos, or just lie, but for now we are maintaining the honor-system approach. We think this will work (and its working in the challenges we&
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by slucaskim 2y ago
I love that summary! I might use that later in some marketing material ;)
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by slucaskim 2y ago
Great question! We thought hard about this and decided that the best way is to split it evenly if everyone loses. So, basically the same outcome as if everyone won. It seems a bit backwards, but this makes sure incentives are as balanced as
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by slucaskim 2y ago
Yes! It's up to the creator of the challenge to make it public or private.
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by slucaskim 2y ago
The users split it between them! We do charge a small transaction fee, but we'll never take the buy-in amount itself. So for example, if a challenge is $100 to join, and 5 people join ($500 pot) but only 2 people survive, then the user
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Show HN: An app that takes your money if you don't reach your goals(goaliemvmt.com)
50 points by slucaskim 2y ago|40 comments