The original vote on how we vote: Sophia Brooks "Sunnydale Press" Feb 25, 2003 11:55:53 pm PST
And the results: jengod "Sunnydale Press" Mar 3, 2003 12:00:27 am PST
No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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Jon B. - Oct 26, 2010 3:33:30 am PDT #4747 of 6786
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2010 3:47:31 am PDT #4748 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I argue that two weeks is a reasonable time to give people with busy lives time to read what it's all about and then have time to vote. Even a week is rushed, but at least more reasonable than three days.
You're free to put that to a vote, but until then, what we've voted on goes, and has gone for seven years.
WindSparrow - Oct 26, 2010 5:28:57 am PDT #4749 of 6786
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
You're free to put that to a vote, but until then, what we've voted on goes, and has gone for seven years.
Traffic patterns have changed, at least in some of the threads I follow. Maybe it is time to re-evaluate the voting period. Alas, I belong in the sad camp of those who meant to vote in the last issue, but did not do so in a timely fashion.
Ginger - Oct 26, 2010 5:33:21 am PDT #4750 of 6786
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Traffic patterns have changed, at least in some of the threads I follow.
I don't understand how that would affect voting. If you're subscribed to Press, you know there's a vote.
Jesse - Oct 26, 2010 5:50:38 am PDT #4751 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think we might have combusted if some of the more contentious discussions had gone on any longer than they did.
I'd be happy to talk about this more if anyone wants to make an actual proposal.
WindSparrow - Oct 26, 2010 5:56:37 am PDT #4752 of 6786
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
If you're subscribed to Press, you know there's a vote.
Traffic patterns change because peoples' lives change. The way they choose how to spend their attention changes. Changes in lives can also yield changes in things such as concentration, and decision-making processes. Those changes may cause changes in how promptly they can take an action such as voting.
megan walker - Oct 26, 2010 6:03:41 am PDT #4753 of 6786
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'd like to point out that almost everyone here who didn't vote said they meant to, but didn't, not that they didn't know it was going on. In my experience, as someone who surveys extensively as part of my job, extending the voting period does not change results. (In fact, it often lowers particpation because it encourages procrastination.)
Amy - Oct 26, 2010 6:14:44 am PDT #4754 of 6786
Because books.
What megan said, absolutely.
Java cat - Oct 26, 2010 6:39:47 am PDT #4755 of 6786
Not javachik
What Windsparrow said. I knew nothing about the existence of the vote until yesterday, when it was too late.
Point taken, Jesse, about some of the more contentious discussions, but this was not one of them, am I correct? So posting the poll with such a short time frame didn't have anything to do with actually needing an answer right away, it had more to do with the people who were around wanting to get it over with. Which is fine, I guess that's the voted-on procedure, but if the desire was to get participation, the process for this vote did a lot of discourage it, not facilitate it.
Jessica - Oct 26, 2010 6:45:02 am PDT #4756 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd like to point out that almost everyone here who didn't vote said they meant to, but didn't, not that they didn't know it was going on. In my experience, as someone who surveys extensively as part of my job, extending the voting period does not change results. (In fact, it often lowers particpation because it encourages procrastination.)
This is an excellent point.