I think a quorum is an important factor in voting. I also see where the people who think no preference shouldn't be an option are coming from.
So what you're saying lisah is, you have no preference?
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
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megan walker - Jul 17, 2007 7:33:49 am PDT #9940 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ginger - Jul 17, 2007 7:42:01 am PDT #9941 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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Like eternity, but longer
I voted no preference but I didn't mean it
Is board culture like yogurt?
bon bon - Jul 17, 2007 7:48:07 am PDT #9942 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I voted no preference but I didn't mean it
Ha!
But seriously. I don't think I've ever voted no preference. I don't get *not actually wanting something to pass* but voting for it anyway. I would posit this is why almost everything that goes to a vote passes.
lisah - Jul 17, 2007 7:56:03 am PDT #9943 of 10001
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So what you're saying lisah is, you have no preference?
hah! that was Liese, actually. I see the word 'quorum' and my vision blurs and I can't see well enough to type any kind of opinion about it.
lisah - Jul 17, 2007 7:56:04 am PDT #9944 of 10001
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MY mouse is completely spastic today. or possibly my finger. geez.
lisah - Jul 17, 2007 7:56:06 am PDT #9945 of 10001
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§ ita § - Jul 17, 2007 7:57:04 am PDT #9946 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't get *not actually wanting something to pass* but voting for it anyway
Is that how you interpret "no preference"? I think of it as "not caring how things go; just wanting them to fucking go (or to ensure the discussion is verboten for a while either way)."
Jessica - Jul 17, 2007 7:58:19 am PDT #9947 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I think I've only ever voted NP on sub-votes, i.e., "IF we create Thread X, the whitefont policy should be a,b,c, or NP. If there's an issue where I don't care about any of it, I just don't vote.
brenda m - Jul 17, 2007 7:59:56 am PDT #9948 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Part of what I like about no preference is that it doesn't skew votes. A lot of us come into these discussions just wanting people happy. Someone mentioned earlier that they weren't really invested, but would vote with the majority so the most people were satisfied. I hate that.
Not because I don't want anyone happy - but because we don't know what the majority wants. We know what the majority of people posting in this thread want. We know, dare I say, what the fourteen most ardent people on any one topic want. And hello, isn't that how we got here in the first place?
[ETA: Just to be clear, I'm talking about always, on any proposition, whatever fourteen are present and however many viewpoints they represent.]
No preference allows people to weigh in to say "yes, this is something that should probably be hammered out" without requiring them to pick a side if they're not already so inclined. I think that's a good thing.
(Personnally, I'd say the reason that you rarely see a vote failiing for lack of a quorum is because those kinds of things tend to die on the vine before they get here.)
megan walker - Jul 17, 2007 8:00:34 am PDT #9949 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
hah! that was Liese, actually.
I guess I can listen to two conversations at once, but sometimes can't even read one properly.
As for "no preference" I'm sure I've voted that way in the past. And I would probably vote that way re: the current proposal because I think voting is important, but I don't read Boxed Set and don't watch Supernatural.