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How the weekly ranking works
One vote per prompt, a fresh count every Monday, and a simple tie-break. Everything about how prompts reach the top three, in plain words.
The home page shows the top three prompts of the week, followed by the rest of the top ten. People sometimes ask how a prompt gets there, so here are the full rules. They are short.
One vote per prompt, per week
Every visitor can vote once for each prompt they like. You can vote for as many different prompts as you want, and you can take a vote back by clicking the button again.
You do not need an account. Your browser gets an anonymous ID so that we can tell your votes apart from everyone else's. We also limit how many votes a single network can give one prompt each week, to keep the board fair.
The count restarts every Monday
Weeks run from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59, in UTC. When a new week starts, every prompt is back to zero votes for that week.
This is on purpose. If the ranking used all-time likes, the earliest prompts would stay on top forever and new ones would never be seen. A weekly count gives every new prompt a fair run.
What you see early in the week
On a Monday morning very few votes have come in. So that the board does not look empty or random, the open places are filled using last week's order first, and then all-time likes. As soon as a prompt gets votes in the current week, it moves ahead of the ones that have none.
Ties
If two prompts have the same number of votes, the one that reached that number first ranks higher.
The like count on each prompt
The number next to the heart on a prompt page is its all-time total. It never resets. The weekly board uses only this week's votes, which is why a prompt with fewer total likes can rank above an old favourite.
How to give a good prompt a push
- Vote for it. It takes one click.
- Share the link to its page with someone who would use it.
- Come back next week and vote again if you are still using it. Returning votes are what keep useful prompts on the board.
Want to submit a prompt?
Send it to us through the contact page. Tell us what it is for and include an example of the output. If it is a good fit, we will add it to the collection.