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This is great. I mean, it's lousy and I am over it, but it is somehow perfect, in a Kantian way, as a thing unto itself.

1. concerns about HTTPS are legit.

2. I'd really rather see the $$$ you're making as my score, than this arbitrary number on the side.

3. let's get more/different ads up there!

You're requesting people to put their credit card info without having HTTPS enforced by default? Doesn't sound suspicious at all.

What year is this? How is this still a thing?

Like i said, it was made for a terrible ideas hackathon.

Also, if you look at the source, you'll see that the form doesn't actually post anywhere. It's a joke demo.

That's explains why my $1000 donation didn't go through

This needs a few layers of obnoxious javascript to put it over the top. Funny idea.