The short version of how the experiment works and what participation means.
Reading is public once the story begins. Google sign-in is required to claim a Human Number, join the writer pool, submit a sentence when selected, vote, or report content. Before launch, you can claim your number and visit public Human pages.
You must be 16 or older to participate.
Exactly three eligible humans are selected from the writer pool for each round. Each can submit one sentence before the deadline. Missed turns or safety checks can mean fewer than three approved candidates reach voting. Joining the pool does not guarantee selection.
Eligible signed-in participants may cast one vote during normal voting and one additional vote if a tie opens sudden death. Writers cannot vote in their own round. Votes must be cast before the phase closes, and human votes determine the result. If Sudden Death is still tied, or the deciding phase receives zero votes, there is no winner and no official sentence.
Your Human Number is assigned when you claim it during pre-launch, cast your first valid vote, or submit your first valid sentence. Signing in or joining the writer pool alone does not assign a number.
The public count records Human Numbers that have been assigned, including pre-launch claims. Each number is counted once; repeat participation does not add to that count. It is not a count of Google sign-ins or a verification of unique people.
Human #1,000,000 is the participation milestone, not a fixed number of sentences. The planned ending lets the active round finish naturally, then stops new rounds.
Candidate authors remain anonymous while voting is active, and individual voters are not named publicly. After a completed round, only the winning Writer Number may be linked to its Human Number. Losing candidate authors remain anonymous. Public numbers do not reveal Google account details.
The live page shows the current state and countdown. You can enable optional browser notifications for writer selection, voting, and results, including when the page is closed. Sign-in, browser support, and permission are required; delivery is not guaranteed.
The official story is English-only. Please write your sentence in English.
AI may assist with safety moderation only. It never writes, rewrites, ranks, selects, or chooses story content. Humans write the sentences and human votes determine the result.
Approved sentences that entered voting may remain in the public round archive without naming their authors. Only the winning sentence joins the official story. Rejected or unpublished submissions are not permanent public story content.
Yes, from Account. Once the request is accepted, new activity and notifications are frozen. If you are an active selected writer, the round finishes naturally before your private identity is fully separated from its history. Public Human and Writer numbers and story records may remain; numbers are never reassigned. Signing in with the same Google account after deletion completes creates a new identity and does not restore your old number or history.
No. No payments or donations are currently accepted. Money must never buy writer selection, votes, ranking, or influence over the story.
Safety checks look for spam, links, abuse, and dangerous or private information. They do not judge whether an idea is boring, strange, or literary.
Yes. MillionTale is designed mobile-first and can be installed from Safari or Chrome using Add to Home Screen.
Use the report control where available. The project provides tools for administrators to review reports, but a report does not automatically remove content and no response time is promised.