Here's a stupid idea brought to life: a website on which you pay to exist. And the more you pay, the bigger (and more visible) you get.

I figure, our late stage capitalist society is just about ready to turn an idea this shallow into a success story.

So here's Pay to Exist: a digital universe on which one exists as a bubble. No algorithm, no likes, no followers, just people and their ego, floating in the void.

I tried to make this beautiful and entertaining to explore, and it really was when I filled it up with testing accounts.

Now, will it work? I'm convinced there are plenty of people out there who would buy in if this were to become a viral skit. Though in truth, I only need one dude with an ego as big as his bank account to pick up on this and use it to flex hiw wealth, and it'll already have been a win ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The inspiration for the idea is the famous milliondollarhomepage.

It's entirely free for now, make what you want of it...

https://paytoexist.com

Is it art? Satire? Dumb? Genius? All of the above? Let me know your thoughts!