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Gauging interest about future rematch polls

Added 2025-12-02 01:25:40 +0000 UTC

One thought that's been floating around in my head is asking myself "How can I give other peoples' favorites a shot if they lost out on a previous poll". I sort of addressed that issue with the whole Rematch format but I feel like with the jump to six entries per poll instead of 4, it complicates things a bit since now three entrants are missing that second chance instead of just one.

An idea I had was that instead of taking just the third place participant of previous polls, I instead take both the third and fourth participants. The catch here would be that Rematch polls would occur after every three months, rather than after four like before (or I guess now it would be six due to the extra two entry slots).

Example of what I mean - If I were to do a Rematch poll in January, the participants would be

Merope and Mikan (from September )

Jessie McCarney and Beatrice (from October)

Jacinthe and Catherina (from November)

Then we would continue polls normally for February - April, then the next rematch would be in May with the third and fourth place participants from those February-April polls.

I'd like your thoughts on whether this would be something you'd all be in favor of. I don't want to seem like I'm regurgitating choices several times a year but I'd like to give more people a chance for their faves. Otherwise, Rematch polls would occur after six months so I'm able to fill the slots with third place participants from the previous six polls

TLDR: Would you like both third and fourth place participants to return in Rematch polls instead of just third, but at the cost of less regular polls per year?