ABOUT
Why this exists
I made Keep the Duck Alive because I kept wondering the same thing: would strangers on the internet actually keep something alive together, for no reason except that it's there and it needs them? Nobody owns a piece of the pond, no matter how much anyone gives · no equity, no stake, nothing to inherit. Every dollar just buys CARE: 48 more hours of life for the pond, and nothing more.
Every payment gets a listing on the Leaderboard, ranked by how much was paid · it works the same whether it's $1 from a stranger or $1,000 with a name attached. Give as a Pond Keeper and your listing gets a bit more: your link, your favicon, a description pulled straight from your own site, all shown right next to your name. Same board, same rules, just a fuller listing.
The pond hatches, grows, and eventually dies · sometimes from neglect if nobody notices in time, sometimes from old age at its 30-day ceiling even when everyone helped. I record both endings honestly in the Memorial. Nothing here is hidden or rigged: the rules are the same for everyone, and they're all written down in the Rules.
Anyone can pick a reason for giving · a memorial, a celebration, a business listing, or just because. That's it. Someone has to keep it alive. Today, that's whoever's reading this.
Every payment gets a listing on the Leaderboard, ranked by how much was paid · it works the same whether it's $1 from a stranger or $1,000 with a name attached. Give as a Pond Keeper and your listing gets a bit more: your link, your favicon, a description pulled straight from your own site, all shown right next to your name. Same board, same rules, just a fuller listing.
The pond hatches, grows, and eventually dies · sometimes from neglect if nobody notices in time, sometimes from old age at its 30-day ceiling even when everyone helped. I record both endings honestly in the Memorial. Nothing here is hidden or rigged: the rules are the same for everyone, and they're all written down in the Rules.
Anyone can pick a reason for giving · a memorial, a celebration, a business listing, or just because. That's it. Someone has to keep it alive. Today, that's whoever's reading this.
Who's behind this
Keep the Duck Alive is built and run by one person: me. I'm Cristian Carreno, and I built this alone, from Paraguay 🇵🇾 · the same way a lot of the internet's better weird little experiments get made: because it seemed worth trying, and something needed to keep the ducks alive.
Nothing here runs through a company. Every dollar goes straight through Dodo Payments, exactly as described in the Terms · nothing routes anywhere else. The numbers aren't dressed up either: real traffic and real totals are always visible on Live Stats and the Leaderboard, live, all the time.
Follow the build on X →
Or just write in: contact@keeptheduckalive.lol
Nothing here runs through a company. Every dollar goes straight through Dodo Payments, exactly as described in the Terms · nothing routes anywhere else. The numbers aren't dressed up either: real traffic and real totals are always visible on Live Stats and the Leaderboard, live, all the time.
Follow the build on X →
Or just write in: contact@keeptheduckalive.lol