How Tumblr turned social media polls into a game design challenge

A Tumblr poll designed into a game where voters needs to build some stairs using the bar graph results to lead an elephant to a peanut. Tumblr’s poll game phenomenon often shares a likeness with the infinite monkeys on a typewriter theorem. | Image: im-a-freaking-joy / Tumblr

On February 3rd, Tumblr user Relientk used the site’s then-recently released poll feature to list several common baking ingredients. “Okay let’s bake a cake,” the poll urged. There were no further instructions, no rules. Users’ votes just impl...

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