News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by TZubiri on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:28PM (#46560324)
Fuck, another brilliant idea that was easy to make, but I didn't do.

It reminds me of the million dollar website where each pixel was sold as advertisement.

Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by lapetitejort on Friday January 09, 2026 @06:21PM (#46560796)
Since then a million other "million _____" websites popped up. I saw a site selling one million text lines for $1 apiece. Last I saw they sold one line, now the site is gone [edit: INCORRECT].

Found the site: https://www.themillionlines.com/

Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by Imustaskforhelp on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:12PM (#46562678)
They sold around 632 for what its worth no?
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by Incipient on Saturday January 10, 2026 @05:47AM (#46564570)
Why would anyone go to that site however? I mean novelty, once...but didn't advertising figure out ages ago that number of eyes on something matters?
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by lolzenom on Sunday January 11, 2026 @09:21AM (#46575997)
That's the one. :)
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by ge96 on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:36PM (#46560412)
I also think that's one of those lucky/momentum deals, wasn't it each pixel was $1 or were they worth more? There are a million companies out there (to ask)?.
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by BizarroLand on Friday January 09, 2026 @07:09PM (#46561184)
From what I remember, some people bought sections so their company icon was visible on the page.
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by duskwuff on Saturday January 10, 2026 @12:31AM (#46563065)
They only sold in 10x10 increments (for $100).
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by falloutx on Friday January 09, 2026 @07:10PM (#46561188)
there are thousands of this over the internet.
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by DANmode on Saturday January 10, 2026 @04:28PM (#46570104)
Show more of the cool ones, would ya?
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by falloutx on Saturday January 10, 2026 @06:08PM (#46570884)
they are all very bland, more eg: https://www.florin-pop.com/one-million/
Re:A website that auctions itself daily. Winner gets control... by dgellow on Saturday January 10, 2026 @10:25AM (#46566461)
Ideas don’t have to be unique. You can create your own version