Wager: loser donates $100 to the winner’s named charity.
- A reference list of the top 10,000 Alexa domains will be used (“List”).
- Ten domains are selected at random from the List.
- Ten government websites (any domain containing “.gov.” or ending in “.gov”) are selected at random from the List.
- The twenty domains are paired, one from each group, into ten pairs.
- Random numbers used for the selection will be generated by random.org.
- We each pick a trusted expert, denoted A and B.
- A and B together agree on a third expert, C.
- For each pair, A and B decide independently which of the two sites is likely to have a better user experience, using only a screenshot of the domain.
- If A and B disagree, they agree to abide by C’s decision, which will be final.
- John wins if the experts pick a greater number of government websites than non-government websites.
- Steven wins if the experts pick a greater number of non-government websites than government websites.
- If there’s a tie, Steven and John split the difference and pay $50 each to the other’s charity.
@fj: I'll yield on randomly choosing websites based upon *.gov vs other TLDs if you'll yield on the screenshot for a live link. I want the judges to be able to analyze the underlying code of the site. Obviously if a site is down then it shouldn't be considered for judgment at that moment in time (technically this argument could apply to a screenshot while the site is down too..) I'd like to hope the judges we both choose are wise enough to be able to choose appropriate browsers for testing the sites in.