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A couple of things: It's a bit confusing because I wasn't ranking anything, I was voting for things. I thought I was going to rank the three things I selected, for…",{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"39288449","streamfunk191","I really like the general idea. I’m constantly doing this solo or with friends so good to see what others think. The long lists are a difficult UX, not sure how you completely…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"39260844","matthewfelgate","Oh, I like this!",{"value":85,"source":70,"evidence":86},"Pick-two comparisons would be more fun than long lists",[87,91],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"39287823","thatwasunusual","I was about to say the same thing. A trillion options is just unmanageable. 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