How website leaderboards work
A leaderboard is only useful if the ranking rule is public. Here, a new listing starts at 1 unit of the claim currency. Purchasing #1 costs the published #1 placement price. Listed customers can vote; votes never move #1.
By Sourabh Bhanwla · Published · Updated · OutbidMe
The ranking rule
Each listing has one number: the amount paid for that listing. Higher number, higher rank. The number is not cumulative spend across old listings. It is the current amount on that row.
To purchase rank #1 you pay that board’s current #1 listing plus 1 unit of the claim currency. The server computes it. Votes do not change it. You do not pick a discount.
Raises
If you already hold a listing, you can raise it by paying only the difference. The minimum raise is $1. Checkout charges the gap, not a second full listing.
Votes
Customers already on the board can upvote or downvote other listings, one vote each. The score is public. It is not rank and it does not change the published #1 price. A pile of downvotes does not knock #1 off the board. Someone else paying more does.
Boards
The homepage is the paid list. #1 is whoever paid the most. Each category is its own board with the same money rule. Empty boards stay up so someone can be first; they are not treated as a ranking until a listing exists.
Open the live board
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