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Show HN: andthewinner.is - Make realtime voting seamless

47 points by nickbalestra 14y ago

atldev 14y ago
The last few tech conferences I've attended tried to use txt voting from mobile devices. They forgot to include the destination number on the instruction slide and just listed the voting codes. Everyone just shrugged and started scanning twitter. Voting was light and it was frustrating to wait. This looks much better. And great design.
- matteoagosti 14y ago
  We are looking forward to testing it out on other events, with higher voting rates. We tested monitoring mentions of popular twitter accounts and results were absolutely impressive. So if you have any good examples feel free to drop us an email andthewinneris@beyounic.com
daveid 14y ago
The phone image makes me want to scroll the page, except there isn't anything to scroll to. Just a minor detail. I love the design of the voting pages, and I think the idea is executed well too. :)
- jentulman 14y ago
  I generally come read the comments on a post before visiting the linked page, I'd read your comment and still tried to scroll once I finally clicked through, it just says 'more down here' to my muscle memory.
maximz 14y ago
It'd also be nice to have the option to create "elections" that use STV/instant runoff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
geuis 14y ago
It would be nice to see a working demo on the front page.
- matteoagosti 14y ago
  This is an example of running contest that has been created during the node.js conference in Brescia (Italy) http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfit http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfit These are examples of closed contests http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfithack http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfithack http://www.andthewinner.is/musicidol http://www.andthewinner.is/musicidol The last one was amazing, we ran it by monitoring only mentions (as there was no official hashtag), and in 2 hours of execution we managed to get almost 31k votes :P It was pretty insane to follow it eheh
allbombs 14y ago
Cool stuff. We did something similar but for tvs with some other apps. Snapshow.tv I like the design of your mobile contest lander, looks sharp
kmfrk 14y ago
http://polleverywhere.com http://polleverywhere.com have been at this for many years and do a great job of it. Services like this are particularly good for interaction or feedback in university lectures. Some professors are good at using it to test students in the auditorium to see how many understand the subject.
- goldfeld 14y ago
  The other day someone linked their service aimed specifically at this problem, https://understoodit.com/ https://understoodit.com/ Given that these other general poll services seem to also cover it, not sure if the specificity is good but I think there is a market.
- matteoagosti 14y ago
  Conferences and lectures are great playgrounds
collypops 14y ago
So my 'voter ID' is a Twitter account? This is a conspiracy by those with easy access to Twitter to silence the voices of those who can't easily obtain Twitter!
matteoagosti 14y ago
If you are interested into the technology behind it, I wrote a quick post explaining also the motivations that moved us towards its creation: http://www.matteoagosti.com/blog/2012/11/16/the-rationale-behind-andthewinner-is-a-platform-for-viral-contests-on-twitter/ http://www.matteoagosti.com/blog/2012/11/16/the-rationale-be...

47 points by nickbalestra 14y ago

The last few tech conferences I've attended tried to use txt voting from mobile devices. They forgot to include the destination number on the instruction slide and just listed the voting codes. Everyone just shrugged and started scanning twitter. Voting was light and it was frustrating to wait. This looks much better. And great design.

matteoagosti 14y ago
We are looking forward to testing it out on other events, with higher voting rates. We tested monitoring mentions of popular twitter accounts and results were absolutely impressive. So if you have any good examples feel free to drop us an email andthewinneris@beyounic.com

daveid 14y ago

The phone image makes me want to scroll the page, except there isn't anything to scroll to. Just a minor detail. I love the design of the voting pages, and I think the idea is executed well too. :)

jentulman 14y ago
I generally come read the comments on a post before visiting the linked page, I'd read your comment and still tried to scroll once I finally clicked through, it just says 'more down here' to my muscle memory.

maximz 14y ago

It'd also be nice to have the option to create "elections" that use STV/instant runoff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

geuis 14y ago

It would be nice to see a working demo on the front page.

matteoagosti 14y ago
This is an example of running contest that has been created during the node.js conference in Brescia (Italy) http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfit http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfit These are examples of closed contests http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfithack http://www.andthewinner.is/nodejsconfithack http://www.andthewinner.is/musicidol http://www.andthewinner.is/musicidol The last one was amazing, we ran it by monitoring only mentions (as there was no official hashtag), and in 2 hours of execution we managed to get almost 31k votes :P It was pretty insane to follow it eheh

allbombs 14y ago

Cool stuff. We did something similar but for tvs with some other apps. Snapshow.tv I like the design of your mobile contest lander, looks sharp

kmfrk 14y ago

http://polleverywhere.com http://polleverywhere.com have been at this for many years and do a great job of it. Services like this are particularly good for interaction or feedback in university lectures. Some professors are good at using it to test students in the auditorium to see how many understand the subject.

goldfeld 14y ago
The other day someone linked their service aimed specifically at this problem, https://understoodit.com/ https://understoodit.com/ Given that these other general poll services seem to also cover it, not sure if the specificity is good but I think there is a market.
matteoagosti 14y ago
Conferences and lectures are great playgrounds

collypops 14y ago

So my 'voter ID' is a Twitter account? This is a conspiracy by those with easy access to Twitter to silence the voices of those who can't easily obtain Twitter!

matteoagosti 14y ago

If you are interested into the technology behind it, I wrote a quick post explaining also the motivations that moved us towards its creation: http://www.matteoagosti.com/blog/2012/11/16/the-rationale-behind-andthewinner-is-a-platform-for-viral-contests-on-twitter/ http://www.matteoagosti.com/blog/2012/11/16/the-rationale-be...