Why you have a number

When you join Splitted, you're given a voter number. It's the order you arrived in, and it's yours for good.

Somewhere in your profile there's a number. It tells you when you showed up.

Every person who joins Splitted gets the next number in line. The first person was number one. The next was number two. Whoever joins after you will be one more than you.

It isn't a score. It doesn't go up when you vote more, and it doesn't rank you against anyone. It simply marks your place in the story of this thing.

Numbers are never reused. If someone leaves, their number isn't handed to the next person who signs up. That felt important: the count should only ever go up, because every one of those people really did arrive at some point.

It's the same count you see on our homepage. Each of those voters is somebody who decided a daily question was worth their time.

I like the idea that years from now, someone might mention they were voter number forty-two, and it will mean something to them. Not because it's rare, but because it marks the day they first picked a side.

Welcome. You're on the list now.