This type of app has been built so many times now.
Show HN: I made a site that lets you punish yourself
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#32I'm literally doing this same idea currently but I pay a friend instead. They are under no obligation to give me my money back at a later date and I'm not expecting them to. The key is that I have to give them cash, so every time I check in with them and have not completed my goal, I have to take out my wallet, grab the money, and hand it to them. My first check in for the year is coming up this weekend and I'm not l…
This is exactly where I got the idea from. I was doing the same thing with a friend many years ago.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that lets you punish yourself
#33I'm literally doing this same idea currently but I pay a friend instead. They are under no obligation to give me my money back at a later date and I'm not expecting them to. The key is that I have to give them cash, so every time I check in with them and have not completed my goal, I have to take out my wallet, grab the money, and hand it to them. My first check in for the year is coming up this weekend and I'm not l…
Does it impact your friendship? I'd guess you may resent them if they kept a lot of money, especially when you need the money. Or you may start avoiding them completely when you're aware that you didn't achieve a given goal, no? I guess for small amounts it may work but on the long run it seems like a trap.
in my experience (I did pay a few hundred bucks to a friend back in the day) it worked because I felt very bad about giving money like this to someone.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that lets you punish yourself
#34This type of app has been built so many times now.
I noticed as well actually :)
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#35The idea is humorous. However, - The incentives are misaligned. - Meta studies in behavioural psychology show you learn from success not mistakes. Good luck
Interesting. I think some people are more motivated by the fear of losing something than by the reward.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that lets you punish yourself
#36The idea is humorous. However, - The incentives are misaligned. - Meta studies in behavioural psychology show you learn from success not mistakes. Good luck
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My first ever app. I was actually expecting more hate. So far this is the most negative comment and it's not even negative :D
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#38It would be more interesting if you pre-approved the transaction for some set date in the future (the task due date), which you cancel on completion of the task. This also guarantees "punishment" in the event that you forget about it. I would genuinely consider using something like this iff ~90% of the money went to a charity of my choice (with the rest as a platform/transaction fee)
This is exactly what I wanted to do. But I didn't know how. I looked into it with Stripe and they said they would have to authorize a payment every day and if this happens on a big scale it could trigger some bad stuff and lock it from working. Then I thought maybe I can create a community where if you don't post a message proving you did it this will trigger the transaction, but again it was very complicated. This is my first app and I am using off the shelf tools.
But hey, if you know how I could do this, please tell me and I am gonna do it.
About the charity I disagree, if the money goes to charity you will feel good about failing.
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#39Umm. lol.
Haha
Re: Show HN: I made a site that lets you punish yourself
#40It would be more interesting if you pre-approved the transaction for some set date in the future (the task due date), which you cancel on completion of the task. This also guarantees "punishment" in the event that you forget about it. I would genuinely consider using something like this iff ~90% of the money went to a charity of my choice (with the rest as a platform/transaction fee)
This is exactly what I wanted to do. But I didn't know how. I looked into it with Stripe and they said they would have to authorize a payment every day and if this happens on a big scale it could trigger some bad stuff and lock it from working. Then I thought maybe I can create a community where if you don't post a message proving you did it this will trigger the transaction, but again it was very complicated. This i…
also I don't want to have to deal with saving people's cards on my server for security headache reasons. So if you have a suggestion that takes this into account also, thanks!