Ballot

Ballot asks one question a day and gives you one answer. You win by being closest to the average of everyone's answers, and the results only unlock the next day.

How it works

Questions range from picking a number between 1 and 100 to guessing how many jellybeans are in a jar or rating pineapple on pizza. Pick a whole number and lock it in. You can't change it afterwards.

After midnight Eastern time the day closes. Come back and you'll see the average of every answer, a chart of how everyone voted, how far you were from the average and what percentage of players you beat.

Ribbons

Finish in the top 10% for a blue ribbon, the top 25% for red, or the top half for white.

Why the average?

In 1906 Francis Galton studied a weight-guessing contest at a country fair and found that the middle of the crowd's guesses was within 1% of the ox's real weight. Ballot flips that idea: instead of guessing the truth, you're guessing the crowd.

Example

Asked to pick a number from 1 to 100, few people pick the very ends, and favourites like 7, 37 and 42 come up a lot. You aren't looking for your favourite, but for where all those answers balance out.

Tips

1Think about what other players will say, not about the right answer.
2For jar questions, people usually guess low on big jars.
3Ratings out of 10 cluster in the middle. Extreme answers rarely win.