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Feedback Requested: Name Vote

posted by NCommander on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the apt-get-install-democracy dept.
I wanted to get feedback on how the community feels about our current name vote. There have been some concerns that we've had relatively small percentage (~10 percent) of members register to vote, and wanted to see if there was something more fundamental going on. As it is currently setup, here's how things are
  • You had to be registered by April 12th to have been included in the name vote; if you received a ballot for submission, you should have gotten ranking ballot
  • We haven't retroactively added in additional users, though it hasn't been clear that there was a hard cutoff
  • The submission phase went until the 19th, and the vote for the name will continue until the 27th
  • The current system is email only (but we are looking at getting something integrated into the website implemented for future votes)

I want to hear your feedback below from everyone. Based on what we get back, we'll roll improvements into future votes, or if need be, reset the vote and do it again; I know a lot of you are active here or at least more involved, so the relatively low turnout is a warning canary for me. Leave your comments below, and expect another story in a few days to see how we're using your comments.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:05PM (#35164)

    The process is insanely fussy, and everyone knows that "Soylent News" will win (even though it's a terrible name for this site). What did you THINK was going to happen?

    People don't bother to vote so much when they know what the outcome will be.

    In soviet Russia, votes rig YOU.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 23 2014, @11:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 23 2014, @11:11PM (#35227)

    I can assure you that this is entirely due to incompetence and not the desire to remain with this awful name.

  • (Score: 1) by KritonK on Thursday April 24 2014, @09:07AM

    by KritonK (465) on Thursday April 24 2014, @09:07AM (#35422)

    I'm not sure it's a foregone conclusion. E.g., although I did vote for "soylentnew.com", it was my third preference. My second preference was my own suggestion (impartiality? what's that?) and my first preference was the one name I thought stood out even before I read the entire list.

    I'm sure that soylentnews.com will be one of the top ten names, but it is quite possible that it is not going to be the top one.