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A comment on Show HN: AcademyReady helps you finish online courses, punishes you if you don't.

Re:Show HN: AcademyReady helps you finish online courses, pu... by gibybo on Friday June 29, 2012 @09:54PM (#4180152)
I realize the 'profits' are donated to Teach for America, but doesn't using any part of the $10 warp your incentives?

If you have a list of improvements to make to the site and it turns out one of them indirectly helps students avoid the $10 charge without them realizing it, aren't you going to move it down on the priority list relative to something that doesn't make paying your expenses harder?

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Re:Show HN: AcademyReady helps you finish online courses, pu... by AjayTripathy on Friday June 29, 2012 @11:10PM (#4180338)
Fair point. To try and allay these kinds of concerns, we've also provided a completely free option with 100% of the scheduling/reminder functionality of the paid option. Wagering is completely voluntary. Though we think betting a bit of money will increase your motivation, our primary concern is helping people through their classes.
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