Can words alone convince a billionaire to give a complete stranger money?

Dear Billionaire,

You've probably received thousands of investment pitches, donation requests, and business proposals.

This isn't one.

I'm just a random guy on the internet who built a website to answer one question:

Can words alone convince a billionaire to give a complete stranger money?

No business proposal. No tragic story. No promises of changing the world.

Just an experiment in human curiosity.

I don't know you. You don't know me. And you have absolutely no reason to give me anything.

But here we are.

So, what's in it for you?

One message.

That's it.

One message that stays here, for the world to see.

It can be anything you want to say.

Something wise. Something stupid. A joke. A secret. A lesson you learned. Something you wish the world understood.

Or simply:

"I have no idea why I paid for this."

Your name. Your words. Your little piece of internet history.

No complicated features.

Just a place where some of the wealthiest people on Earth leave a single message for everyone else.

And what does it cost?

That's entirely up to you.

$0? $1,000? $100,000?

You decide what your message is worth. Even $0 gets you a message. Money just moves you up.

And yes, the money goes to me.

I'm not going to pretend it's for charity or invent some noble cause to make this sound important.

I'm simply curious about what happens when you ask someone who has almost everything for something without offering much in return.

Maybe nobody contributes.

Maybe one person does.

Maybe this becomes the world's most ridiculous collection of expensive messages.

I genuinely don't know.

But imagine being the first billionaire who actually said yes.

And if you don't contribute, that's perfectly fine too.

You still made it this far.

Which means my words already convinced you to give me something.

Your time.

Now I'm just wondering whether they're worth anything more.

— A stranger on the internet

BillionaireBored.com