By not ranking more than one option this voter actually reduced their ability to influence this election. The voters who ranked Crocodile, Waldo, and Arkangel as their favorites had their votes moved to their second-favorite episodes ( The Entire History of You for the former two, Be Right Back for the latter).Īlso the sole voter who loved Playtest refused to rank any other episodes as back-up options, so their vote has been removed for all future consideration. Note that Metalhead and Men Against Fire recieved no first-place votes, and have already been eliminated.Ī few things to note after the first round. In this case that will be four episodes (Arkangel, Crocodile, Playtest and The Waldo Moment) all recieving just one first place vote. In the first round the episode with the fewest first-place votes will be eliminated, and those ballots will be reassigned based on the next highest ranked option still availible for that voter. Or maybe, just maybe, it might have something to do with the gender of the two primary characters and how that is reflected in anonymous online discussions? Nahīut ranked-choice voting will give us a window into whether San Junipero is not well liked among Black Mirror fans, or if the lower ranking is driven by a minority of voters. It could also be that the episode is a true outlier, depicting a story that is far happier and more romantic than the rest (though Hang the DJ is similarly heart-warming and doesn’t suffer the same penalty).
#THE BLACK MIRROR WHITE BEAR REDDIT SERIES#
No option is anywhere near a majority of the vote, and currently a terrible choice 2 is leading the pack so this looks like a perfect place to implement ranked choice voting.Īs a bit of an aside, why is San Junipero so poorly ranked? It could be a backlash against the popularity and praise the episode has recieved, while fans of the series are more fond of lesser-known installments. San Juniero is essentially a romance of unlikely lovers that never would have met without a new technology. Did I mention it’s not my favorite? The Entire History of You, on top of having a super long name that ruins my chart labeling below, tells a fascinating story about the implications of having perfect memory, and if human relationships could really survive such an advancement.
Shut Up and Dance tells the story of a teenaged boy who stumbles into being blackmailed partly by ignorance, but mostly by his sunk-cost fallacy that there is no way for him to back out at any given point. Shut Up and Dance leads with 18% of the vote, followed by San Junipero and The Entire History of You with 16.2%. Interestingly, we still have the same top-3 after removing White Christmas. We’ll illustrate that with a Sankey diagram. Every ballot ranking White Christmas first will instead be counted as a vote for the episode ranked second by that voter.