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mrdazm | 5 years ago

This one's really silly but I got excited to build it out for my own entertainment.

It's called Who Paid More (https://whopaidmore.com) and the idea is pretty frivolous. Every day (EDT) you volunteer an amount you want to pay to see how your amount stacks up against others for that day. Think ranking and relative % across users for that period and the ability to share those results. Not much more to it at the moment.

I feel a little stuck trying to think of what would make it more fun/novel/rewarding besides just being curious about what people put money into.

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auston|5 years ago

Might be interesting to show a table with amounts & gravatars?

Maybe show what I could have actually bought with my money instead of blowing it on a game? (+ affiliate links)

Maybe surprise people with a percent that is donated to charity?

Maybe only accept bitcoin? Or accept bitcoin in addition?

Maybe let me start a sub-contest so I can share with friends to see who can flex the most?

mrdazm|5 years ago

These are interesting to think about. Thanks!

msquog|5 years ago

You made a product where people compete to pay you the most?

That's hilarious

mrdazm|5 years ago

Some buddies and I were talking about a similar site (https://whopaid99cents.com) that spawned the idea for this.

I found the original concept so absurd but amusing that I wanted to make my own version!! It’s been a welcome distraction as you can imagine and could be the basis for something more. Tbd...

zeptoon|5 years ago

Not all that different from FOMO3D ...

zeptoon|5 years ago

I feel like the main thing that could make it work is the idea of other people also paying and competition/status ... so having a barren homepage without any other avatars/signs of life is probably the wrong way to go. Also I think there's an opportunity for the site to feel more fun / gamified and less academic. (i.e. maybe HOW SHOULDST OTHERS REFER TO YOU rather than Your Name, that sort of thing). Have some more fun with the idea and see where it takes you.

mrdazm|5 years ago

I like this take - especially relaxing the persona. Thanks!

dsaavy|5 years ago

I feel like if you were able to make it more like milliondollarhomepage it could take off. Something where the result of paying money is made more publicly visible. For me it's missing the aspect that makes me want to talk about it to friends.

ryanwaggoner|5 years ago

Maybe I’m just tired, and I doubt this would be legal, but why not do it as a daily or weekly thing and the top payer gets half the total paid?

mrdazm|5 years ago

That, or variations of it, have come up in discussions and it is interesting. It's not just you being tired, no worries.

Sadly (?) I'm not currently interested in going down that path, potentially against the law. Don't think I'd want to go bat on those grounds.

brianbreslin|5 years ago

What tech stack did you use to build this?

mrdazm|5 years ago

Deployed on heroku with python/django, postgres and react. Stripe for payments too.