Show HN: Fantasy stock market (w/shorting!) of 2020 Democratic candidates

Post by danhilltech » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 6:36 PM UTC

Post by codingdave » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 8:11 PM UTC

kofman wrote: post #8

codingdave wrote: post #6

I'm wary of this as a way to raise funds for a candidate. It feels like "Trust us, we'll totally give the money to someone, someday." Even if that is true, there are presumably costs to build and run the site, so less than 100% of you money will get to the candidate. It seems like there would be more value in making this free to play, and using any popularity to get a message out.

The donations are handled 100% by ActBlue which is the non-profit site (run on tips) that handles donations for all the democratic candidates. They raised >$1B for the Democrats in the last cycle. We are self-funding our minimal infra costs and the work is being done by volunteers on a part-time basis.

Post by kofman » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 8:39 PM UTC

Post by kofman » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 9:20 PM UTC

qiqing wrote: post #16

kofman wrote: post #2

Built with GraphQL/Apollo, React, Node, Material-UI in a few weeks by some ex-Dropbox, ex-Airbnb and current Slack folks. Designed to raise money for the eventual candidate, whoever it ends up being. Ask us anything and let us know any ideas for making it more fun!

Any plans for a behind-the-app / how-it-works sort of blog post?

Post by kofman » Wed, Aug 21, 2019, 12:28 AM UTC

DoubleMalt wrote: post #18

kofman wrote: post #15

If anyone wants a few free coins to play around with, reply with your twitter handle (that you used to sign in to the site) and we'll credit you! (But really you should donate because climate change!)

I think as a non US citizen, I'm banned from donating money (and the candidate would not be allowed to accept my donation). Do you have some other cause for us evil aliens? (Would donate for NASA or ACLU eg.)