Show HN: I made a site that lets you punish yourself
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#2Umm. lol.
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#3I remember a site that would donate your money to a political charity you hated if you didn't complete your goal. That approach may have more sting, but this site is clearly better at funding itself.
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#4The money should be destroyed. Then, it will benefit everyone a little bit.
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#5Is this a Nathan for You episode?
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#6I didn't know Typeform offered payment processing, huh.
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#7For 100$, I'd expect some kind of validation of the accomplishment of my goal while the amount is reserved on my credit card.
But this app seems very low effort get rich quick to me, powered by typeform.
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#8The idea is humorous.
However,
- The incentives are misaligned.
- Meta studies in behavioural psychology show you learn from success not mistakes.
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#9I didn't know Typeform offered payment processing, huh.
It's in the paid plan
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#10This is an interesting concept. Congrats on launching - that's an achievement!
Are you familiar with beeminder? It uses the same concept, but is perhaps more complicated than your straightforward pitch.
Any thoughts on how they compare?