I'm cool. But I live in Ohio and my house heats like big barn with open windows.
Hmm...maybe that's not what you meant.
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I'm cool. But I live in Ohio and my house heats like big barn with open windows.
Hmm...maybe that's not what you meant.
Fourteen people what? In this thread, or on the board, or...?
I just need some context, sorry.
DX did a threadsuck and counted, and 2/3rds of the 1500 posts on this issue have been posted by 14 people.
Actually, as a relative newcomer, I consider all of those who were in favor of preferential voting as "cool kids". Or at least that's how I have them categorized in my mental Buffista who-is-who.
That's exactly what I was saying.
Ok, so why snark at me for understanding you? I'm caught between offended and baffled here.
FOURTEEN PEOPLE. FOURTEEN.
But this is EXACTLY why I think we need an easy way for people to contribute, and to me that way is voting If only 14 people really care about discussing all this shit in all of this great detail, it's important to me that everyone else has an opportunity to have some impact without having to quit their jobs to read this thread. I don't want community decisions made by 14 people, even if I am one of those 14 because I am unable to keep my big mouth shut.
I believe that the original proposal made a zillion posts ago to have four more questions that would settle the issues of Votor Turnout, number of seconds, etc., and to use preferential balloting just this once before we debated it to death (too late!), was simple. It's the endless meta-debate on the subject that's made it seem complicated.
Want to put it again, Jon?
Well, if things are too controversial to bring up, then how does a voting system help? If you are afraid to bring it up, it will never get voted upon.
Fourteen people what? In this thread, or on the board, or...?
DX ran the stats. I can't remember the exact percentage, but most of the posts in here? Were from FOURTEEN individuals.
And I know I post a lot in here, to confirm things like thread creation, or whitefont clean up. And I was #15.
Am I an OB, Plei? I thought I was more of an obnoxious blow-soft.
t Super Porny Pants is too afraid of the thread at the moment to swoop in and make a smart remark about newlyweds
So we've got tread names, new threads, white font and trolls
We don't have to discuss preferential voting to death - but it seems to me that at least enouigh people favor to make it worth voting on the question.
Seriously, what about deciding that as it occurs, so we're not locked into it? When there's an item with multiple choices, we ask both questions and the preferential vs. most votes decision is for that item only
ETA
only I meant "only" not "always"
I'm fucked. There'll be 100 posts after this one.