we'd surely toss the votes and figure something else out.

Hmmph.

Don't make me propose a thread discussing all ita, all the time, called, "Jamaican Me Crazy 1: A discussion of how wrong ita is."

Because you know I can get 60 people to register, vote, and then YOU will have to create the thread, my friend.

I mean, seriously, would we create an entire thread for lurkers to stare at white space? I just don't think it'd happen.

Although that would be kinda funny.

YOU will have to create the thread, my friend.

And then what? You'll need to come back on a day with less apathy.

But I stand by my point. Members are members, and the distinction between a registered poster's vote and a registered non-poster's vote should always stand.

And, really, the blood and tears and sweat of people all up in creating polls and rules and structure shouldn't be tossed out willy nilly. We can just do what both my high school and my university ended up doing--making rules after the fact to cover the loopholes in course choice that I was exploiting.

Couldn't make me stop what I did, but they made sure it wasn't happening again.

The most negative comments of question # 13 (like comment 3 or 40) seem to have an insider voice. They imply they participate in other threads besides the social ones or one pointed complaint that sounds more personal than coming from a lurker.

That was my feeling as well. I didn't get the sense that owner of the "agenda" comment was a lurker. In fact, looking at all of the write-in comments on the various questions, I was pleasantly surprised by the positive comments from some of the lurkers. (Hey, the lurkers support us in polls.)

Mostly, I think the poll results are interesting and I thank the people who took care of making this possible.

You know what was in Matt's photo (in natter) that I didn't know was there? A lurker!

Which is all my way of saying that lurkers have joined muffaletta and cilantro in my mind (i.e., delicious!). A strange bone of contention that goes nowhere. It's not like there's some action we're talking about right now.

We don't do anything willy nilly. We're incapable.

No actions, just shooting the "who we are and why I need to state my opinion for no apparent reason other than to watch myself type" shit. That's what I'm doing, anyway.

Wait, is everyone else serious?

Heh.

We don't do anything willy nilly. We're incapable.

See above for extension of the discussion period for connie's vote.

I'm not judging the call--just describing it as ad hoc and not de jure.

I'm thinking that we'd not let something like that happen. If enough people who actually post the entertainment felt the board was starting to blow, we'd make whatever changes were necessary to keep us together and afloat.

I couldn't agree with this more.

But I stand by my point. Members are members, and the distinction between a registered poster's vote and a registered non-poster's vote should always stand.

But I agree with this too. At the risk of sounding like an utter sap, I have to quote Churchill: "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."