I’ve been working on a browser-based decision tool called JuryNow.
You submit a question with binary options (yes/no or A/B): it could be a moral dilemma, fashion choice (you can upload 2 images), or big life decision, a political poll, or maybe you want a global objective perspective on a family argument?
You will receive your verdict in 3 minutes
While you wait 3 minutes, you “pay” with JuryDuty, anonymously vote on other people’s questions. There is no commentary, no discussion or debate, just a binary verdict.
Then you get your own verdict: 12 strangers from around the world give you a decision. Just human input , fast and anonymous.
It’s free to try, and no sign-up is needed. You can also play a round of JuryDuty to get the idea.
would love to hear your feedbac! (gently does it, I’m a 58F and this is my first game which has taken me 16 years from idea to MVP!)
👉 https://www.jurynow.appbut/ as it’s a brand new MVP and i have just launched, if there are less than 13 people playing, your verdict will be simulated, but this is just a temporary feature which I need to demonstrate JuryNow’s functionality and it will be permanently dismantled as soon as there are regular players across different time zones!
I like the idea, but it needs a privacy policy. If someone answered 100 of those questions, the insight into their behaviour would be incredibly valuable to bad actors.
Guaranteeing anonymity would make this much better.
I like the idea, but it needs a privacy policy. If someone answered 100 of those questions, the insight into their behaviour would be incredibly valuable to bad actors.
Guaranteeing anonymity would make this much better. Good point and yes, that’s something I’ve thought about a lot.
Right now, JuryNow doesn’t store any personal data or persistent user identifiers. The questions and votes are not linked to individuals in a way that would allow tracking behavior over time.
Still, I agree that a clear privacy policy is overdue even just to explain what isn’t collected. Thanks for raising this. I’ll prioritize adding it. There is a User Agreement, Liability, Disclaimer etc…but yes, need a privacy policy!
JuryNow doesn’t store any personal data or persistent user identifiers. The questions and votes are not linked to individuals in a way that would allow tracking behavior over time.
Great to hear!
There is a User Agreement, Liability, Disclaimer etc…
Are these currently in place? I don’t see links to them on the homepage, or during the sign-up screen.
I just reported a question, not because of the content of the question but because the buttons were formatted strangely and clocking on them caused the question to refresh. It was about cassettes vs CDs.
Other than that, this is pretty fucking legit. What a simple, fun, useful tool! And I mean simple as in “easy to explain,” not “easy to make.”
Thank you for sharing!!!
ETA: I just got served either the same question twice (with a different question between each time), or found duplicate questions. If the same question twice, I’d be concerned about individuals skewing results. If a duplicate question is being submitted, it might be helpful (albeit slower) to run word matches against strings and then check the IP address of the submitter (if you record that) on anything with over 90% match and then let that user know they’ve already submitted this question.
Needs a way to skip a question. I got hit with some teenage drama, and honestly, neither option provided is correct
SKIP button is being worked on I promise! And thank you for playing Kraiden (and putting up with teenage drama!!) It’s also great for the teenager to get a different persective…AND I must say, there will be questions you will want a couple of teenagers to vote on in your jury too! The best juries are the most diverse (in terms of age, culture, countries, professions etc)
Does it work on Firefox? Seems to not work for me.
workrd on FF here
If it’s too help with a decision maybe do an odd number of jurors to avoid a 50/50 decision
It’s kind of a prude.
So can I self-host it, or are you just drive-by advertising in a vaguely-related forum?
JuryNow is not open-source or self-hostable, and won’t be.
This is a personal project I’ve developed over many years (16), and I’m still shaping where it goes. I shared it here because it’s lightweight, browser-based, and real-time and not because it’s federated or designed for open deployment.
I fully respect the open/self-hosting ethos but this is NOT that, and I’d like to be upfront about it.
I wish I could find out (at a later date) how the overall vote turned out.
Did the jury decide on 2 days vacation or the money?
I’m curious how people here feel about the balance between anonymity and usefulness in something like this. If you think it’s a fun game or a useful resource?
The goal was to make something fun and meaningful, a way to see yourself from the outside and get a global perspective and get a little dopamine hit. It’s a sort of gamification of Solomon’s Paradox (the ancient king who gave brilliant advice for his people, but was disastrous at his own decisions!)
I’d love to know what kind of questions you would ask 12 strangers!
A bit of both for small decisions. I’d trust it with little things and for more important stuff it could work for the trick where you flip a coin and figure out which thing you actually wanted by gauging your reaction to the result.
Neat idea, but most question askers seem to be shoehorning their questions into the binary format instead of thoughtfully considering what the actual binary choice would boil down to. The low quality of questions makes me not want to participate in the jury duty option. I wish I had a suggestion- I’m sure you want to keep things simple and accessible
Thanks so much for trying it out and your honest feedback! It’s definitely dependent on the quality of questions for the “fun” element, but knowing that 12 dvierse random people who aren’t connected to you in any way are looking at your question, can be extremely eye opening…connecting to random people around teh world - it’s sort of what the internet was intended for?
Why do people want to ask complete strangers instead of making their own decision?
That must mean that they value the opinion of total strangers more then their own. Isnt that a mindfuck.
My own decisions have certainly not always been the right ones. A bit of insight, even from strangers, can sometimes help.
I don’t see this working as a tools but more like a funny/humorous pseudo-game tbh
Hello there, Thanks so much for playing! Indeed, I see it as a game - my daughter insists it’s not a game because you can’t win and there is no competition! It’s definitely fun getting your veredict - some mini dopamine hits there!
I’m just getting:
Please moderate the content of your question before submitting it.
Hello Pageflight - It’s hard to moderate the questions for hate speech/sexual content etc… so I had to put a filter on, and indeed, it can be a little preventative…sorry! Will see if I can loosen it a littled!
Reloading the page results in me being asked to vote on the same questions again.
ooh! Thank you, fixing now!
Needs a skip option for questions you’re really not comfortable giving a reply to (I maybe missed it if there). I hit one I really did feel was far too subjective to give a reply to that might even potentially be taken seriously.
Otherwise a nice idea.
Thank you so much! I am indeed working on a SKIP button!
