On Du, 12 apr 20, 15:48:08, nito@dismail.de wrote: > > > Be specific! > > Ok... I think *debian-user*, debian-vote and possibly debian-project > > would be better off in Discourse. […] > While I'm not eligible to vote in debian matters, I'd say that *especially* > debian-vote should *not* be in discourse. > One reason is the accessibility mentioned above, another reason is that I > believe the absence of likes etc on debian-votes to be a *good* thing. This > helps to avoid influencing the readers and gives all proposals a fairer chance. It also makes it too easy to influence and/or derail the discussion, e.g. by attrition, trolling, etc. > Let's say supporters of one proposal are primarily using discourse and all like > the proposal, while another proposal has roughly the same amount of supporters, > but the supporters are using the mail interface and can't like/don't see a point > in liking. > This will distort perceived support for the proposals. The rules for submitting or sponsoring actual voting proposals / amendments etc. are clearly laid out, I don't see any danger here. The discussion of the proposals and/or amendments however tends to become very chaotic on controversial issues. > Also I think that taking the time to write down what you believe to be > good/bad about a proposal instead of +1/-1 helps everyone to get a better > picture on the situation. What if someone else already wrote that, possibly in better words than I could? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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