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On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Andreas K. Huettel |
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<dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> So, a thread like "Should we enable useflag Z by default" would then include |
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> "Please discuss here, vote on ..." with a link to the count page (updated via |
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> cron every 1h). On login to ..., a message similar to the "open elections |
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> message" could be displayed. |
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> Obviously the implementation does not exist, but this is conceptually simple |
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> enough so it could be implemented within reasonable time. |
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> Opinions? |
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> (Yes / No / More discussion needed :D ) |
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What's the point? I don't think democracy is the best way to handle |
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these sorts of things. |
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Plus, it leaves out users. Why does that matter? Think about it: |
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If what you want is expert opinion then the last thing you want is any |
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kind of poll of anybody. Put it on the lists, follow the discussion, |
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chat with experts that emerge on irc/email/etc, and make the best |
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decision. Is that hard? Sure. But, if your goal is to discover |
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issues and learn then you won't get that in an easier way. . |
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If you just want to get a sense for what people find useful in a case |
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where popularity really is relevant (like the cups example) then you |
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really want to poll the entire userbase. A forum poll or something |
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like that is more useful for that. This isn't used for judging |
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technical rightness, but purely for assessing popularity. |
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If an issue is highly contentious then rather than counting votes it |
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makes more sense to ask the council. |
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Other options include creating choices (that requires a maintenance |
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commitment though), and this is often facilitated by starting a |
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project. Then you can have somewhat more organized meetings/etc |
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around a topic of interest. |
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Rich |
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