Show HN: Leveler – P2P Mutual Aid

A couple of friends and I created this site when we saw dozens of our friends get laid off due to COVID-19. At first it was a google spreadsheet where people left a blurb about their situation, along with their Venmo/Cashapp/Paypal links. The spreadsheet ballooned to over 1000 people in a few days. We then created this site, and more than have 7000 people signed up to date.

It's a very simple site, essentially a list of people's stories and payment links. There's no qualification to sign up, so there may be some grifters. Since the site is intended for small donations ($5-10), we figured if someone is signing up, they need the money even if they're not in a dire situation.

The 'Resources' page is a nod to Hackernews itself, and was a fun challenge to build, though sparsely used.

We've since (nearly) automated a way for different communities to clone their own site on our subdomains (i.e your-community.leveler.info). If you're interested in that, sign up or feel free to shoot me a message at sambyoung@gmail.com.

Happy to answer any questions - there was a lot of traction in the early weeks of Covid and it was an exciting thing to work on.

P.S You may disagree with the messaging on the site. For my own end, I just wanted to help people in need.