How to write a good question

1. Start with the hard choice, not the topic

“Something about food” is a topic. A hard choice is: do you want the sure thing, or the bigger gamble? Comfort, or something that matters more? Cash now, or money later?

Find the tug-of-war first. Then dress it up as a fun scenario. That's the difference between a shrug and a question people screenshot.

2. Both sides need a chance

Could your friend pick A and your other friend pick B — and both feel right? If everyone would slam the same button, tweak it. Make the easy side cost more, or make the hard side a little sweeter.

A wild split is fine when it's funny. A free win nobody would ever turn down is just boring.

3. Get specific

Vague choices flop. Put numbers on it. Say how long it lasts. Say who finds out.

• How much? — $250k once vs. $2k a month
• How long? — one time, every day, forever
• How bad? — awkward vs. career over
• Who knows? — just you, your friends, the whole internet
• Can you undo it? — temporary or locked in for life

4. Make the two options do the heavy lifting

Write short phrases that finish “Would you rather ___ or ___?” Someone should get the joke from A and B alone — even if they skip the title.

Keep both sides shaped the same way. Skip the period at the end. And don't write “Would you rather…” inside an option — we already slap that on for you.

5. Strangers should get it

“Stuck on an island with Mike or Dave” only works if we know Mike and Dave. We don't. Write for people who've never met you.

Niche stuff can still slap — anime characters, old movies, weird hobbies — as long as enough people will nod. When in doubt, add a short note that fills in the blank.

Quick test: would this still make sense in three months?

6. The extra fields are optional for a reason

• Title— a short punchy line (“Lump or Drip?”). Not the whole question again.
• Lead-in— only when it sets a scene (“If you had a time machine…”). Most questions don't need one.
• Info— for closing loopholes (“you can't sell it”) or a quick explainer. Skip it if the question works without it.
• Topics — help people find your question. Tag what it actually is. Spicy stuff? Use the mature tag so people can filter it.

7. Four gut checks before you hit submit

1. Fight over it? — Could two people argue both sides?
2. Say something? — Does your pick show who you are (scared of risk, hates being watched, loves comfort…)?
3. Keep going?— Does it make people go “okay but what if—”?
4. For everyone? — Could basically anyone picture themselves in it?

What gets bounced

We're not grading essays. Real tries usually get in. We mostly stop junk and copies of questions that are already all over the site. Messy wording? We'll often clean it up instead of rejecting a solid idea.

• Near-clones of famous dilemmas already in the game
• Inside jokes only your group chat would get
• Stuff nobody can parse, even on a second read
• Actually harmful content — hate, anything involving kids, sexual violence, cruel real-world stuff for shock value

Gross? Dark? A little spicy? That's been part of this game forever. Just tag it so people who want it can find it — and people who don't can skip it.

One that works