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    Competition Design Entry #0668

    The reason contests are timed to the end of the month

    Ending a contest at a calendar boundary borrows the urgency of a deadline that already feels real, because the month’s end carries a built-in sense of closure.

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    The hidden part #0668

    A calendar boundary is a deadline the culture already believes in. Contests borrow its urgency for free.

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    Competition Design Entry #0653

    Why the board wipes clean every week on purpose

    A leaderboard that resets weekly re-creates the feeling of a fresh start, pulling back participants who would otherwise accept their position as fixed.

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    The hidden part #0653

    A reset manufactures the feeling of a fresh start on a schedule, pulling people back by separating them from last week’s result.

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