Kind yearbook superlatives that aren't about looks
Good yearbook superlatives celebrate what people do, not how they look: Most likely to start a business, Best laugh, Biggest heart, Best storyteller. Skip anything about appearance, bodies or dating, skip put-downs, and only reveal winners, never vote counts, so nobody is ranked.
Updated · The Open Apps, Inc.
How to run the vote kindly
- Pick 6 to 12 titles. Enough for variety, few enough that people actually vote on all of them.
- Keep them positive and about actions. Choose titles about talents, kindness and plans, not about looks or relationships.
- Vote privately. Each person votes once per title and can't vote for themselves. Nobody sees who voted for whom.
- Reveal only winners. Show the winner of each title when voting closes. Ties share the title; a title without enough votes is left out.
Ideas to start from
- Most likely to start a business
- Most likely to travel the world
- Most likely to write a bestseller
- Most likely to win a Nobel Prize
- Most likely to become a teacher
- Most likely to invent something
- Most likely to save the day
- Most likely to remember your birthday
- Most likely to run a marathon
- Most likely to start a band
- Most likely to be on a stage
- Most likely to cheer you up
- Kindest
- Funniest
- Friendliest
- Most creative
- Most helpful
- Most adventurous
- Most positive
- Most team spirit
- Biggest heart
- Best laugh
- Best storyteller
- Best team player
- Best dancer
- Best playlist
- Best cook
- Best listener
- Best advice
- Best role model
What to skip
Best looking, best smile, best hair, best dressed and cutest couple rank appearance or pair people up; most likely to fail or to be late are put-downs. Yrbk turns these down when someone types them in.
Superlatives to keep and to swap
Some classic titles are easy to make kind.
| Instead of | Try |
|---|---|
| Best looking | Biggest heart |
| Best smile | Best laugh |
| Best dressed | Most creative |
| Cutest couple | Best team player |
| Class clown | Funniest |
| Most likely to be late | Most likely to cheer you up |
Suggestions, not rules; your group knows its own jokes. Yrbk accepts any title that starts with a positive opener and isn't about looks, bodies, dating or put-downs.
Use it in ChatGPT
Yrbk Group Yearbook is a ChatGPT plugin. The organizer types one of these; members join at yrbk.ambientapp.ai from the link:
- “Let's make a yearbook for our 10-year class reunion”
- “Make me a 1990s yearbook portrait from this selfie and add it to our Yrbk”
- “Close voting on our yearbook and tell me the winners”
Questions
Why not show vote counts?
Counts turn a fun title into a ranking of people. Showing only the winner keeps it light, and nobody learns they got zero votes.
Can people vote for themselves?
Not in Yrbk.
What about a tie?
Everyone tied shares the title, up to three people.
Is this OK for a school group?
Yes. Yrbk is built for ages 13 and up, and the superlatives are positive only.