Rules & FAQ
Topboard is the startup billboard. Every launch is reviewed by a human, then ranked by community upvotes. Money can't buy position here — never.
How it works
Submit your product — URL or @handle, name, category. Takes 30 seconds, no account needed.
Human review. A real person checks every submission: is it a real product, is it safe, is it a fit for the board. Usually within 24 hours.
Launch. Approved products go live on the board and the community upvotes. Rank is upvotes — nothing else.
The rules
- Real products only. A working site or profile. No placeholders, "coming soon" pages, or link-in-bio farms.
- One listing per product. Identity is the URL (or @handle). Submitting the same URL again updates your listing — and puts it back through review.
- No chat or invite links. Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Signal, Slack invite links are rejected — the board is for products and profiles, not group chats.
- No spam, malware, adult content, gambling, or scams. Rejected on sight, and repeat offenders are banned.
- One upvote per person per product. Votes are deduplicated server-side. Organized vote manipulation gets a listing removed.
- Featured slots are earned or granted, never bought rank. Featured products are clearly marked and keep their true vote-based rank on the board.
FAQ
Does it cost anything?
No. Submitting is free, voting is free, browsing is free. Featured placements are granted by the Topboard team (often to outstanding launches) and are always labeled.
What does review check?
That the product is real, safe, and legal; that the listing isn't a duplicate; and that it fits the board. We don't judge whether your product is "good" — the community does that with votes.
Why did my submission disappear?
If it wasn't approved, it stays off the board. Check status any time with the lookup on the homepage.
How do ranks work over time?
All-time rank is total upvotes. "This week" ranks votes cast since Monday 00:00 UTC — a fresh race every week.
Privacy
No accounts, no cookies, no tracking. To keep voting fair we store an anonymized, irreversible key derived from your IP — never the IP itself, and it can't be reversed to identify you.
Public API
All read endpoints are public:
GET /api/board— the live board + featuredGET /api/stats— aggregate numbersGET /api/activity— recent votes & approvalsGET /badge/{id}.svg— embeddable rank badge
Contact
Questions, appeals, takedowns: hello@topboard.live. We answer appeals within a few days.