[Discussion] polls on policy change should be secret ballot
[Discussion] polls on policy change should be secret ballot
To prevent fracturing of our instance and retaliation against users for votes you don't agree with.
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My suggestion here would allow for this:
The current aye/nay system is cluttered and clunky. How about we allow comments in [discussion] posts and then have a separate [vote] post with a single comment for each option so people can choose up/down/abstain? Then nobody has to count anything, human or bot, or worry about typos, formatting, sarcasm, etc.
I also propose a minimum of 3 days, maximum of 1 week per each [vote], no time limits for discussion. You can choose when to start the official [vote] after discussion starts.
This is a fantastic idea. Not sure about the time limits but the [vote] post seems like it would work really well
We're just about to agree on the condition that only members of this instance should be allowed to vote. I am afraid that your proposal might not be compatible with that at the moment...
I don't know if a separate post is required for that kind of mechanic and could instead just be comments made by the poster on the main thread.
I don't know how well you could police voting through upvotes if we end up deciding we want to limit exactly who can vote or when they can vote. (I'm for all being able to vote, but may be swayed on when they can vote to be transparent)
Screen shot posted on the vote thread of the results at the expiration of the time?