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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: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:45PM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:45PM (#35204) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 2) by Sir Finkus on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:55PM

    by Sir Finkus (192) on Wednesday April 23 2014, @10:55PM (#35214) Journal

    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?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 25 2014, @02:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 25 2014, @02:18PM (#36088)

    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.)