Those in favor reply “Aye”

Those against reply “Nay”

  • TheDude@sh.itjust.worksM
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    1 year ago

    Looks like this decision is decided already but I figured I’d put in my input. Given this instance has an open registration policy, nothing is stopping someone from another instance to create an alternative just for voting on this instance. This individual might align and contribute positively to the fediverse and have really great ideas and contributions to discussions here. However because they use their alt account here on sh.itjust.works only for voting, their vote might get dismissed due to poor account reputation (another issue that I believe was already brought up in another post). The fediverse is meant to be a decentralized community and by forcing people to need to join this community to vote promotes centralization which I believe is the opposite of what the fediverse is trying to accomplish. I guess for now I’ll hold off on casting my vote until the community determines what criteria should be considered when counting a vote.

    • Trekman10@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I get what you mean, but if this is the forum for discussing how this instance is run, then I think at the very least, the opinions and views of those with accounts based on this instance should weigh more than those from elsewhere. They have their own instances to take an active role in, and if they find the direct-democracy aspect of sh.itjust.works, they should have their “main” account here. There’s been a long-requested feature to allow account instance migration a la Mastodon style, making such a weighting or restriction more equitable.

    • StarNyte@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      1 year ago

      If they’re willing to put in the bare minimum of making an account and voting then I think that’s okay.

      • Trekman10@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I could see this being a vulnerability though, there are people out there who would want to game democratic systems - particularly for hot-button issues, from real-life politics to defederating Meta.