Convincer: Product rankings won in public trial, not bought

Most product rankings are ads with a leaderboard skin. Convincer flips that: every position is taken from whoever holds it, in a public trial with graded evidence and a jury that publishes its reasoning. File a dossier (including what you don’t do), challenge someone within reach, argue on six criteria. Five of seven AI jurors are drawn by lottery so you can’t write to a known panel. Early days — categories mostly vacant. If you’re tired of buying badges, take a seat the hard way.

I built Convincer because I stopped believing most “#1 in X” badges. They get bought, farmed, or handed out. I wanted a board where rank only moves when someone beats the product sitting there — with evidence that gets graded, and a jury that has to explain itself. How it works: you enter at the bottom, challenge anyone up to 3 places above you, file a real case (thesis, arguments, at least one concession), and five of seven AI jurors score both sides. Paid placement isn’t a feature. Silence from a defender gets a weak auto-defense and a candor hit. It’s early. One product on the ladder so far, most #1 seats vacant. If you’ve got a product you’d put through that kind of fight, I’d love a blunt take on the rules — what’s fair, what’s too harsh, what you’d never trust.