Rules, version 1
How the vote works
Every vote, on every platform, is counted under these rules.
To vote, comment the keyword shown on screen (or its emoji) on the part's post, on whichever platform you watch on: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or TikTok. The votes of all four platforms are added into one tally.
Counting a vote
- One vote per platform account per episode. If you comment more than once, the latest comment that is a vote is the one that counts. A comment that is not a vote never cancels an earlier one.
- Only top-level comments count. A reply to someone else's comment does not.
- All platforms close together, 24 hours after the Instagram post. Only a comment posted before that moment counts. The tally is locked a few minutes later, after a last sweep of every platform.
- Unclear comments don't count. A comment that names several options, one that negates or questions an option, and one we cannot read with enough confidence count for nobody. The tally shows how many were unclear.
- Claim codes are never votes. A code that starts with
FILE-links your accounts (see below). Commenting one does not cast a vote. - Left out of the count: spam, bursts of identical text from many accounts, accounts created after the post (where the platform shows us account age), and the show's own accounts. A person on the team can exclude a vote, and every exclusion is logged.
- The winner is whichever of the two main options has more counted votes. A tie goes to the option whose voters' comments have more likes in total, then to the first option.
- The hidden option is counted in a bucket of its own and never decides the winner. While the vote is open it shows as a question mark. If its share of the counted votes reaches 5%, the secret unlocks and its consequences apply to the story.
Your voter file and linked accounts
- Your voter file is built from public comments. It stays private, and you appear on the site only as an anonymous "Agent" label, until you claim it and choose to make it public.
- To link an account, sign in, ask for a one-time code, and comment that code from the account you want to link. You can link one account per platform.
- Linked accounts count once in the League, but each account still adds one vote to the public tally.
The League
The League ranks the audience by how they played. Only counted votes on locked episodes count. People are ordered by, in this order:
- parts voted
- hidden options found
- longest streak of parts in a row
- times they voted with the majority
- theories that came true
People with the same numbers share a rank.
Money
Buying never changes the League. Nothing you buy adds, removes or weighs a vote, and nothing you buy moves you up the League. Votes are free.