Guides
How to make group decisions without the argument, and how LocalSelections works under the hood: where the places, movies and events come from, and what its rules do and do not do.
- How to settle a group dinner decision without an argument
A practical way to get a group to a restaurant choice: narrow the field first, take everyone's preferences into account, then let a fair random pick end the debate.
4 min read · 2026-10-06
- Wheel vs dice vs a weighted decision matrix: when to use each
LocalSelections offers chance-based tools and a scoring tool. Here is what each one is good for and a simple rule for choosing between them.
4 min read · 2026-10-06
- How to run a live group vote with LocalSelections
Host a shared session, let everyone join from a link or code, rank the options, and spin a wheel weighted by the group's combined preferences.
4 min read · 2026-10-06
- How LocalSelections chooses and ranks nearby places
Where the places come from, how confident we have to be before showing one, what shifts the order, and what happens when you report a place as closed.
4 min read · 2026-10-06
- How LocalSelections picks movies and TV shows
What happens when you choose Movies/TV in a game: where the titles come from, how genres and "trending" are decided, and what the ratings mean.
4 min read · 2026-10-06
- Finding events near you with LocalSelections
Where LocalSelections gets its events, how ticketed and free events differ, how to submit your own, and why some events are missing.
3 min read · 2026-10-06