How it works
A free community prediction game.
01100 Spoons a day
Every day you get 100 fresh Spoons. They do not stack. Use them or lose them. Spread them however you like. All 100 behind one call, or a little across several. You can move them around during the day, as long as your total stays at 100.
02Backers vs Spoons
Backers is how many people believe a prediction. Spoons is how strongly they believe it, added up. A call with 500 backers and 30,000 Spoons outranks one with 1,000 backers and 20,000. Spoons are what rank the board.
03Make your own call
Add any company you think is next and say why. Others can put Spoons behind your call, but you can't back your own. Being the author of a call that lands earns you a bonus.
04Winning formula — how the winner is chosen
- 79% — Spoons you put on companies that actually get acquired. More Spoons, earlier calls, and being the top believer all help.
- 11.7% — Friends and colleagues who accept your invite and sign up.
- 9.3% — Your activity in the debates: upvotes and downvotes.
05Spoon Score
When an acquisition is confirmed, everyone who had Spoons on it scores. Big belief pays off: points rise faster than the Spoons you commit, so 80 behind one call beats 20 behind four. Committing early adds a bonus too.
06Top believer bonus
Every prediction has a leaderboard of believers. If the call lands, the person who put the most Spoons behind it over time takes a big bonus, with smaller bonuses for second and third. Backing the same call day after day adds a staying-power bonus, so coming back daily to spend your fresh Spoons pays.
07Invite your people
Grab your personal invite link from the board when you're signed in. Every friend or colleague who signs up with it counts as an accepted invite and lifts the 11.7% slice of your Spoon Score. Inviting yourself doesn't work, and each new player only counts once.
08Vote in the debate
Arguments on company pages can be upvoted or downvoted. One vote each, and you can switch or take it back. Your vote activity makes up 9.3% of your Spoon Score, so having an opinion pays.
09The Spoon Oracle
Once a company actually gets acquired, the player with the highest Spoon Score at that moment is crowned the Spoon Oracle and wins the prize: 100 hand-bent spoons, shipped free anywhere in the world.
10Be fun, not nasty
This is a meme, not a war. Hot takes welcome; personal attacks are not. We may remove comments that cross the line.
11Not affiliated
🥄WHO'S NEXT is an unofficial project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bending Spoons or any of the companies listed.