RankedVote
Web and SaaS
online voting and polling
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Idea: 2 for, 12 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for educating voters and everyday decisions
From 2 comments
Really well done and congrats! I think the market specifically for “Ranked-Choice Voting” is probably way smaller than the need for “easy/better/awesome polling and survey…
WORMS_EAT_WORMS on HNHi HN! I’ve been running RankedVote as a solo founder for over a year and have had great success (and luck) with it being used to educate voters in New York City and Alaska. Bill…
tadmilbourn on HN
Objections
Ranked-choice voting has flaws compared to STAR or approval voting
From 3 comments
Ranking the voting systems: STAR Voting > Approval Voting > Ranked Choice Voting > Plurality ("pick only one") voting. Ranked Choice Voting is marginally better than plurality…
bhauer on HNSTAR and Approval have different pros and cons, they are not objectively superior. I think RCV is better, in my opinion. STAR and Approval both have their own tactical voting…
buzzy_hacker on HNApproval voting is much better. https://www.electionscience.org/library/approval-voting-versus-irv/
ClayShentrup on HN
Tracking and sign-up prompt is a barrier to use
From 1 comment
The tracking/ sign on nag is an instant barrier to use. No thanks.
RosanaAnaDana on HN
Requests
Add other voting methods such as approval voting
From 1 comment
A question and a comment: 1. Would it be straightforward to add other voting systems? The easiest one to add would be approval voting ("Check off any option you'd support"). This…
SamBam on HN
Add Condorcet winner handling or Smith set based resolution
From 3 comments
I'm glad there's plenty of people here mentioning the Condorcet Winner. Because that's the one and only voting property that I can't compromise on. If there is a Condorcet…
Dan42 on HNWould you consider a variation where the Condorcet Winner is awarded the win if the Condorcet Winner exists, and where in the cases there isn't a Condorcet Winner, IRV is applied…
tunesmith on HNFeature suggestion: the system automatically tells you when you have a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_paradox situation and offers to decide the outcome based on a coin…
c7b on HN
Questions
Where would ranked-choice voting be used in everyday life or work
From 1 comment
Hi HN! I’ve been running RankedVote as a solo founder for over a year and have had great success (and luck) with it being used to educate voters in New York City and Alaska. Bill…
tadmilbourn on HN
Alternatives named
SurveyMonkey ranking questions with manual calculation
From 2 comments
If I am not mistaken SurveyMonkey also has the option to create ranked-choice questions, no?
metayrnc on HNIt allows you to ask the "ranking question" BUT it doesn't do the ranked-choice calculation with the results. So, in theory, you can use it to collect the votes, but you'll need…
tadmilbourn on HN
OpaVote
From 1 comment
On #1 -- It could be, but trying to stay narrowly focused. There are some great services out there like OpaVote that do a wide array of voting options and calculation methods. On…
tadmilbourn on HN
Poller.io
From 1 comment
Hi! I actually made a similar site for my own purposes - https://poller.io - and I've been using it with friends for a while. One interesting finding. I was expecting that…
mnomitch on HN
STAR voting site star.vote
From 1 comment
Since many people are talking about STAR voting, also check out this site https://star.vote/ I've found it works pretty well.
FireInsight on HN