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Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by rjvir » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 2:41 AM UTC

Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon
richestontheweb.com

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by jacobwg » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:08 AM UTC

Care to elaborate on how this works? I couldn't find any about page (and the site's down now).

From what I could gather, this looked like "person-who-just-spent-their-fortune on the web". :)

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by suivix » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:26 AM UTC

Maybe you should make it the newest bidder can leave a message?

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by latch » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:38 AM UTC

If I understand it, it's a pretty horrible idea. For a lot of reasons. But, the most obvious, is how easy it'll be for you to game it. When someone makes a bid, you can simply outbid them but not actually pay any money.

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:42 AM UTC

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Post by Kenan » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:42 AM UTC

On Firefox 7.0.1 on Windows 7, the bid overlay automatically comes up and blocks the leaderboard with no way of dimissing it. Works on Chrome 15.0.874.120, though ;)

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by treelovinhippie » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:43 AM UTC

Oh gawd, please remove yourself from the Internet. You're disqualified.

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by desireco42 » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:45 AM UTC

I love the idea :) some of the comments from 'haterz' kind of make sense, let richest person leave a message

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by Urgo » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:48 AM UTC

The real richest on the web is you from this. Reminds me of Million Dollar Homepage. Great idea :)

Re: Show HN: RichestOnTheWeb - my submission to Hacka2thon

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Post by Finbarr » Sun, Nov 13, 2011, 3:58 AM UTC

Urgo wrote: post #9

The real richest on the web is you from this. Reminds me of Million Dollar Homepage. Great idea :)

First thing that came to my mind. Really gimmicky idea that could see the creator make a pretty penny if it catches on.