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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: 2) by Angry Jesus on Thursday April 24 2014, @12:04AM
> that most people think the name is fine?
That and the process is waaaay too complicated.
Speaking for myself, I can't be arsed to do all that crap with email for something that is essentially a glorified poll. If it was a poll over on the right-hand side of the front page, I'd participate. Otherwise, there is just too much inertia to bother.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 24 2014, @01:22AM
This right here. I read about the process and I was like screw that.