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A few weeks ago I kept seeing the same thing on X: leaderboards where founders pay to put their product at the top. outbid.lol by Jonathan Wilke went viral, a wave of similar products followed, and the one that blew it up most recently was Marc Lou's sponsorship for his Hyrox race. The mechanic clearly works. People pay for visibility, and for the fun of being #1. One question stayed with me all week: If founders pay for visibility on a leaderboard, would they pay the same if the money built something with real social impact? So I built it as an experiment. It's called Rank for Help. - You pay to put your product on a public board. More money, higher spot. Someone can pass you, which is the whole game. - 100 % of the net (after Stripe's fee) pays for development hours of Software as Help: free, everyday apps for people with neurodegenerative diseases, autistic children and their families. - You choose what your money builds (a pictogram communicator, a visual agenda, a pain map…),or you back the whole cause and it goes to the module closest to finishing. - Every payment is in a public ledger, and each module shows how much is left. Patients and families never pay anything. That's the point of the whole thing. It's day one and one founder is already on the board, which is the honest starting point of the experiment. I'll share the numbers, whatever they turn out to be. Two things I'd love your take on: 1. Does the social angle make you more or less likely to pay than a pure vanity board? 2. Is the mechanic clear, or did you have to read twice? rankforhelp.com   submitted by   /u/rukovich [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/14 21:12:44