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01It shut down in July 2017, and an FTC settlement required it to refund $948,788 to users it had charged even when they met their goals.Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention$948,7881 Oct
02In Mantzari et al.'s 2015 meta-analysis of 34 RCTs the odds ratio was 1.53 up to 18 months, but effects mostly faded within about 3 months of removal.Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention18 months1 Oct
03Spend 2 weeks testing the dispatch mechanic on yourself by hand through Telegram or SMS, alternating days with payout on and off.Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention2 weeks1 Oct
04Verification is the business; very few users opt into losing money (32% of stickK contracts; 13.7% in Halpern et al.); micro-cash is eaten by fees; "earn-money" apps carry a store-policy stigma.Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention32%1 Oct
05A 2026 systematic review in Addictive Behaviors estimated ADHD prevalence among people experiencing gambling harm at 24% (95% CI 18–29%) vs 2.58% general; McDonald et al. 2021 found no adjusted association (OR 0.6).Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention24%1 Oct
06Paying a 5¢ commission would cost roughly 5–12× the commission.Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention5–12×1 Oct
07Go: 15–20 point lift; at least 40% of decline reasons "no cue" or "wrong place"; half of pilot users active at day 30; at least 3 users would pay C$10+/month.Uber for Your Own To-Do List: Feasibility and Prior-Art Review of a Paid, AI-Dispatched Task Queue for ADHD-Type Executive DysfunctionFigureADHD & attention40%1 Oct
08ChatGPT ads reached a $1B annualized run rate "in less than 200 days after launch," according to OpenAI's August 31, 2026 announcement.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$1BSep
09SparkLoop runs $4–7 but brings higher early open rates.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$4–7Sep
10Run "Boosted Collision Cards → Daily Deck" for four weeks on $500.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$500Sep
11Ads launched with a $60 CPM and a reported six-figure minimum.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$60Sep
12On August 31, 2026, OpenAI said ads had reached a $1B annualized run rate in less than 200 days and opened self-serve across Europe, India and MENA.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$1BSep
13David Dugan, OpenAI's head of global ads solutions, told a Cannes Lions briefing in June 2026 that "roughly 20% of queries in ChatGPT have a direct commercial intent." So most conversations are curiosity, not shopping.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention20%Sep
14Gupta Media's tracker put Meta at a $6.59 CPM and $0.68 per link click (October 2025).Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$6.59Sep
15Another reports large B2C newsletters happily paying $3–$5 at scale, while some clients need under $1.25 to break even on day one.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$3–$5Sep
16Beehiiv lists a $1.63 average cost per subscriber for Boosts (early-access data) and a $50 minimum.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$1.63Sep
17A vendor analysis puts SparkLoop at $4–7, but with 35–45% first-30-day open rates versus 22–30% for Meta lead ads.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention$4–7Sep
18Chris's "30% of scrollers have attention problems" should be restated.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention30%Sep
19In Ipsos's May 2026 test (20 ads, 3,000 US consumers), only 25% could confidently tell which ads were AI-made, but 79% said companies should disclose AI use.Content That Is the Ad: Buying Curious Attention in Late 2026, and the Stack Behind ItFigureADHD & attention25%Sep
20Allcott, Gentzkow and Song estimate that 31% of social media use comes from self-control problems.Diagnosing the Feed: Why Scrolling Works, Why X Feels Like a Town Square, Where Content Turns Into Advertising, and How CANOPTICON Can Use All ThreeFigureADHD & attention31%Sep
21The chronological feed cut uncivil content on Facebook by 43%.Diagnosing the Feed: Why Scrolling Works, Why X Feels Like a Town Square, Where Content Turns Into Advertising, and How CANOPTICON Can Use All ThreeFigureADHD & attention43%Sep
22Beshears, Lee, Milkman, Mislavsky & Wisdom (Management Science 2021, 67(7):4139–4171; N = 2,508 Google employees in buddy-pairs) paid people to exercise either at a fixed daily two-hour window (routine) or any time (flexible).Narrow the Goal or Broaden the Substitutes? The Neurobiology and Behavioral Science of Intention Specificity, Goal Substitution, and ADHD Exercise AdherenceFigureADHD & attentionN = 2,508Sep