WorldVote

by Kamryn Nienow

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Oct 9, 2026 Social & Community

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I built a website where the internet can rename the world. It’s called WorldVote. The idea is simple: pick a real place on the map, propose a new name, and let everyone vote FOR or AGAINST it. Countries, cities, lakes, rivers, islands, regions and other geographic places can all get their own community-created names. If a proposal reaches the required vote threshold, it wins and becomes the name shown on WorldVote. But there’s a catch: every successful rename makes the next one harder. So a plac...