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I'm not 100% sure what makes the most sense when it comes to the order in which we display predefined options for a question.

### Arbitrary Order

**Good:** Lets us add some meaning to the presentation, for example put the most popular items first.
**Bad**: Risks reinforcing existing biases in the data.

### Random Order

**Good:** Safest way to avoid favoring the items that come up first and biasing the data.
**Bad**: Makes it harder to scan long lists of items to find the ones you want.

### Alphabetical Order

**Good:** Easiest to scan when looking for specific items.
**Bad**: May give unfair advantage to items which appear first in the list, especially for longer lists where items lower down start out hidden behind a "show more…" button.

Right now I'm leaning towards making alphabetical order the default, because I think increasing the ease of finding items outweighs the potential bias towards earlier items in the list. Thoughts?

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