[Vote] Only those with an account on this instance should vote on the Agora.
[Vote] Only those with an account on this instance should vote on the Agora.
Those in favor reply "Aye"
Those against reply "Nay"
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Nay. I feel this suggestion is based in the old centralized platform mentality. That isn't to say it is wrong, but it seems based in a premise that does not apply to a federated platform. If you start thinking about how a federated platform actually works, I could join this community...and others on this instance...from an account on another server. Why would we treat someone as second class citizens for using the Fediverse in the way it was intended?
For those thinking "they can just make an account here if they want to vote", you are right. They could. But that also goes back to centralist mentality. We want to be able to interact with people and communities regardless of which instance houses the data object that is my account. From that perspective, I feel voting should be more inclusive than just those who have a user object stored on this instance.
My question back to you would be, what problem are you trying to solve by this limitation? I'm sure there are any number of hurdles we will need to address with open voting, but we have to identify those problems first.
I don't want people who haven't agreed to follow the same set of rules deciding what the rules are that I must follow.
It's like how much of the world decided it didn't enjoy colonial rule so much.
Where are people getting the idea that this community is for discussing administration of this instance?
From this announcement, in my opinion.
Ah okay, I hadn't seen this. The community description still really needs to be changed. It's not clear at all that this community is meant for sh.itjust.works instance matters. It's just some fluffy language about free thought and discussion.