A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I think I'd like to see us start voting on the things.
I'd only like the voting idea if everyone who voted coulc pick, say, their five favorint titles (ranked 1 to 5) and then when the votes are totaled, higher-ranked titles would receive more points.
Otherwise, we need the consensus thing so if a title that one person likes has little support, this person can throw their support to another title.
Also, we'd still need to come to a consensus on similar titles (or variations on a single theme) to pick the best one of the lot to be voted on.
Anyway, I think we should not vote this time, seeing as we're so close now to Natter 26 ending.
tommyrot just broke me. I'm with Jesse.
No consensus.
(I'm from Chicago so I can vote more than once....)
If there's no consensus, I'm just going to pick whatever suits my fancy. And don't think I won't turn this car around, either.
Preferential...
Sorry, I didn't know that's what this is called. My post was a x-post with Billytea's.
eta:
preferential voting business that seems to have caused such a controversy back in the day?
Oops, I didn't know this....
I don't mean to bring up a sore topic, but could someone please explain this preferential voting business that seems to have caused such a controversy back in the day?
So it's basically what tommyrot described? Huh.
So far, the consensus is No Consensus.
Which is as it should be.
I don't mean to bring up a sore topic, but could someone please explain this preferential voting business that seems to have caused such a controversy back in the day?
The best explanation I've come up with is: imagine a large room, with a banner on the wall somewhere for each option. Everyone goes and stands by their favourite option. Then the least popular option gets its banner torn down and everyone by that poster is told to pick again. So they all go off to new banners (or say they don't like any of the other posters, and go sit in the middle of the floor). We count up numbers again, and the least popular option gets
its
banner torn down too and everyone there gets shooed off to their next favourite option.
You keep doing this until there are only two options left. Whichever one has the most people voting for it wins. Only, it all happens instantly.
