This week’s question: Young people in South Korea who worry they're addicted to shopping apps are using websites that let them browse products and click order, all without making a real purchase. If a U.S. tech firm were to launch such a “dopamine site”—named for the small mental jolt it delivers—for recovering shopaholics, what should it be titled?
THE WINNER: Near-Debt Experience
Evelyn Weissman, Brewster, N.Y.
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SECOND PLACE: Shamazon
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
THIRD PLACE: Temoot
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Finstacart
Jake Miler, Camp Hill, Pa.
Sham’s Club
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.
Click It to Kick It
Elizebeth Dubey, Southfield, Mich.
JustForClicks
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, N.Y.
Bye Buy!
Glenn Brooks, Burien, Wash.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Sell
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa
Placebo Bay
Jan Karol, Monte Vista, Colo.
All Thrill, No Bill
Christopher Tyre, Wauwatosa, Wis.
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