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Comment by hamslamwich | Hacker News Reader

Maybe I'm dense, or just viewing the site at an inopportune time, but even with your description comment, I still don't get it?

• You bid to place your given message on the front page for all to see, correct?

• And it stays up for 1 minute? Or until the next bid comes in?

• By "bid", does that mean someone can pay money and potentially lose out on their message being shown?

I think this is interesting, but is almost more of a viral online billboard.

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Sorry, it's more like a facebook wall... There's only been one post, hence the one image (but I just added a text message) :) Yes, you place a bid, and the highest bid is picked every minute. Your post goes onto the front page, and the rest get pushed down. However, the very top is reserved for the highest bid that hour, so if you bid $2, and everyone else bids $1 over the course of an hour, your bid will stay featured at the top. All winning bids will always be viewable by simply scrolling down. And when you bid, your card is only charged if you win. So right now pretty much every bid would win, but if thousands of people are bidding, only the highest bid will win (and be charged) every minute. Hopefully that makes more sense?

Gotcha, ya the single post was making it confusing, much more clear now. I'd definitely consider including a snappy couple lines of text that explain how it works.

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