What does that "Leaderboard" thing mean?

I think it lets you invite your friends, colleagues, and political representatives to read this publication.

If I’ve understood their advice correctly, Substack thinks I should motivate you for sharing this publication by giving you rewards. I believe this is what the tech industry calls “gamification” and what used to be called “a Skinner box.”

I’m not exactly sure how this works, but if you know other people who might profit from reading The Cosmopolitan Globalist—and please keep in mind, if you’re a US citizen, that your Congressmen, Senators, and candidates for high office would profit immensely; from what I can tell they are all in desperate need of this publication—why not invite them to subscribe? If you refer your friends and public officials, you earn points that add up to special rewards at The Cosmopolitan Globalist.

How to participate

1. Share The Cosmopolitan Globalist. If you use the referral link below, or the “Share” button on any post, you’ll get the credit for any new subscribers that result from this. Just put this link in a text, an email, or a social media post.

Then comes the fun part.

2. Earn benefits. If people use your referral link to subscribe (paid or free), you get rewards!

• Three referrals and you get a free month’s subscription.

• Five referrals and you get a free month plus a bespoke limerick, composed by Claire herself, on any subject. (The Queen is not a subject.)

• A Congressman is worth three referrals.

• A Senator is worth five.

• A candidate for high office is worth nothing, but elected presidents, governors, members of the (presidential) Cabinet, and Supreme Court justices are worth six apiece. (That is: six friends is equal to a Cabinet member.)

• The National Security Advisor is worth nine.

• Twenty-five referrals and I’ll send you a handwritten and signed postcard from Paris. (A collector’s item.) And I’ll comp you three months.

• One hundred referrals and you get a signed first edition copy of any book I’ve written. Plus, we’ll knock it off with the electric shocks.

• If you can think of an amusing bonus that would motivate you more, try me. (I’ll do a lot on a dare.)

To learn more, check out Substack’s FAQ.

Thank you for playing!

(Let’s see if this works.)