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.
(Score: 2) by xlefay on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:17PM
It's no secret I'm not fond of the voting process as is. You're spot on, although, if I had it my way, the name submission would have gone via a web form too, it's just so much easier and people can add/retract domains until the actual vote would have started without intervention from our side.
Creating a small poll application, independent of Slash (hey.. we've got an independent e-mail vote, so why not?) is extremely simple but everyone who could have done it was busy with other things, or they weren't on time (as in, it was already decided), so that was that.
So no, you're not missing anything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:23PM
And not everyone willing to vote is willing to share a functional e-mail address. It seems like a ridiculous exercise in geek ivory towerism the way this process was designed.
Almost as if it were designed to fail, designed to turn away potential voters. "Jump through Hoop A, then Hoop B, and do it by this date, and use this block of code in your e-mail message, and get zero confirmation, and we don't trust you so we're basing it all on as arcane a theory and practice as possible. And we like the name we've got."
But we got ridiculed for suggesting that a week or two ago.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:45PM
By the same token, I see no possible way to accept votes from a random collection of ACs.
Since anyone post as AC without logging in, its just ripe for ballot box stuffing. I have this picture in my mind of Dice employees up all night furiously voting in some Suit-bate name.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by Sir Finkus on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:55PM
Who says you can't limit votes to registered users, or only users with higher karma, or that have joined after a certain cut off date?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 25 2014, @02:18PM
What are you talking about? Who said anything about letting ACs vote? As an AC I wouldn't mind, but I certainly understand trying to avoid ballot stuffing by at least requiring a log in... WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. LOGGING IN TO THIS WEB SITE AND CASTING A SIMPLE VOTE.
The design-by-committee failed SPECTACULARLY here.
(Sorry for the caps.)