EXPERIMENT

Where money and a public “we actually tried this” note are required. It is still not a startup. It is a bounded test of one claim.

 An idea is nominated when:

• a closed or extended Slack produced a sharp question worth testing, or
• Bench members ($6–9 tier) nominate it, and
• Socialing Company confirms it can be tested in 30 days or less for $200–$1,000.

Nomination is not approval. Approval needs:

1. A testable claim (“If we do X for 2 weeks, we will learn Y”).
2. A named lead who wants the job (often not the original author).
3. A done definition that is a page, prototype, event, film, dataset check, or landing-page test - not “build the company.”
4. Budget that fits the pot.

If it cannot be small, it does not become an Experiment.

 The team runs one cheap probe, for example:

• 40 conversations with a specific user
• a no-code landing page and ad spend cap
• a weekend build + 10 testers
• a public workshop
• a physical mockup
• a literature / data check that could falsify the idea

They post a mid-point note at day 14: still on claim, or the claim changed.

Standing meetings stay optional. Async is default. Lead posts or the Experiment is paused. 

 Not revenue. Not virality.

• Supported: the claim got enough signal to justify another small test or a Slack reboot.
• Killed: the interesting part failed in contact with reality. This is a first-class outcome.
• Inconclusive: test was too sloppy or too small; say that honestly.
• Mutated: you learned a different claim. That usually becomes a Remix, not a quiet pivot.

 A short Experiment report, always published:

• what we tried  
• what we spent  
• what happened  
• what we would not do again  
• links to artifacts  
• full credit (or choose anonymity)

• The $200–$1,000 buys learning + a public artifact, not a company.
• Helpers are not employees.
• Tips are gifts to the test, not shares.
• Original idea remains the author’s.
• Experiment artifacts (prototype, copy, data you collected under the brief) are usable by the authors and listed contributors; Socialing Company may keep the report public forever.
• If someone later incorporates, that is off-platform. Socialing Company's only claim is: the archive and report stay up, and credits stay attached.

• No “we’ll definitely ship a product.”
• No Socialing Company equity by default.
• No burying failed tests.
• No unlimited budget because the idea is beloved.
• No forcing the inventor to become CEO of a 30-day probe.

Experiment is a 30-day, $200–$1,000, opt-in test of one claim, with a public brief, a public postmortem, author veto on their name, and no transfer of the idea to Socialing Company - after which the spark is either killed with honor, remixed, matched again, or taken outside.