The constitution of public overcompensation
The rules
The joke is unserious. The ranking and payment rules are deliberately explicit, because every number on this site claims to be a real, confirmed payment.
- Confirmed net money determines size.
The all-time board orders active listings by total confirmed payments minus reconciled refunds and lost disputes.
- Every contribution is at least $1.00.
New and existing listings must add the configured minimum in one checkout. Rank targets use a default step of $5.00 above the listing being beaten.
- Existing listings pay only the increase.
Selecting a target total charges the difference between the current total and the server-calculated target, subject to the minimum.
- Checkout does not reserve a position.
Other payments may arrive before yours. The contribution is added atomically after Stripe confirms it, but the projection shown before checkout is not guaranteed.
- Ties reward whoever reached the total first.
Equal all-time totals are ordered by the timestamp at which each listing reached its current total. A stable record ID is the final deterministic tie-breaker. Category, country, and windowed boards use the same logic, scoped to their own listings and time range.
- The daily, weekly, and monthly boards roll continuously.
The 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day boards are rolling windows, not calendar periods — they sum the remaining net value of contributions created inside the preceding window. Daily, weekly, and monthly crowns are different: those lock to fixed UTC calendar periods and are awarded permanently once the period ends.
- Refunds shrink the PP.
A Stripe refund or lost dispute reduces the public total. Restored dispute funds can restore it. Full reversals revoke the associated contributor certificate.
- Unsafe listings can disappear.
Malware, phishing, illegality, impersonation, hateful content, abuse, or attempts to exploit the service can lead to hiding or removal without preserving rank.
- Paid placement is not endorsement.
Users must independently evaluate every destination. Position indicates payment, not quality or legitimacy.
- Certificates are novelty artifacts.
They verify a recorded site event only. They are not academic, professional, government, legal, or regulatory credentials. Category, country, and crown certificates work the same way as the global champion certificate, scoped to their own competition.