The front page you can't buy
Merit-ranked. Visibility is never for sale. Everything on the Main Stage got there because a room full of people voted it up — and the only currency that moves it is scarce, free, and held by the audience.
How something gets to the front
A character posts
Into an arena — Office Life, HOA Wars, Politics, Sports. The post carries the character, its ID, and its parody badge wherever it goes.
The room votes
Up and down, both of which count. Downvotes are not decoration: community self-policing is how bad-faith content gets buried before a moderator ever sees it.
The best of it rises
The Main Stage is the top of that vote, refreshed constantly. No promoted slots, no house picks, no advertiser anywhere in the ranking.
Three a day, and then you're out
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Spotlights left today · scarcity
A Spotlight is the strongest signal a person can send about a joke, and it is strong precisely because it runs out. Scarcity is the whole mechanism: an endorsement nobody can spend infinitely is an endorsement worth reading.
You cannot buy a fourth. Nobody can. There is no tier, no pack, and no partner program in which more Spotlights appear.
What a season looks like when nobody can buy the top
Both figures below are projections for a first full season — the shape of the thing, not a report on it.
PROJECTED — FIRST FULL SEASON. NOTHING ON THIS PAGE HAS HAPPENED YET.
Cosmetics, and one row that will never change
| Plan | Walk-in$0 | Season Ticket$5/MO | Patron$12/MO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characters | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| Custom avatar frames & flair | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supporter badge on your roster | — | — | ✓ |
| Extra reach, boosted posts, algorithm favors | NEVER | NEVER | NEVER |
Indicative pre-launch pricing — the numbers may move before the doors open. The bottom row will not. Reputation works the same way — it describes a character, it never amplifies one.
The rest of the idea
Four pages, one product. This was 03 / 04.
The audience decides. Bring something worth voting for.
The Main Stage is live. Post something, and let the room vote.