Poll

Should feature votes be anonymous?

No, the players that have voted on a feature should be listed.
18 (62.1%)
Yes, only the number of votes should be shown, not who voted.
11 (37.9%)

Total Members Voted: 29

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jitspoe

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Anonymous Feature Votes?
« on: August 02, 2007, 02:13:02 PM »
This is in response to discussion about the feature vote page.  You decide.

Cobo

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2007, 02:16:40 PM »
Hm... Cant decide, what would be the pro's and con's of each one?

KiLo

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2007, 02:25:36 PM »
Seems look it would be harder to tally the votes without knowing the names.

Apocalypse

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2007, 02:48:20 PM »
This isn't an election I think we should be able to see the names.

P!nk

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« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2007, 03:02:18 PM »
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Spook

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2007, 03:11:11 PM »
No, i like to see what people vote for, and i agree with kilo with it being harder to tally without names

jitspoe

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2007, 03:11:21 PM »
Seems look it would be harder to tally the votes without knowing the names.
This is for an automated system.  They'd be handled internally but not visible to other users.

As for pros and cons, I guess they'd be something like this:

Anonymous:
Pros:
You could vote freely without having to be concerned about what other people think of what you're voting for.
Cons:
Might be harder to identify potential "voter fraud" if the whole community can't see who is actually voting.

Not anonymous (onymous?):
Pros:
Curious users can see who all is for or against different features.
If something sketchy happens, it will be more apparent who caused it.
Cons:
Some people might feel pressured into voting for or against a feature when it's not really what they want.

KnacK

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2007, 03:37:05 PM »
I feel that if a member voted on a particular that I personally question, I would like to have the opportunity to engage  s/h/it in why they chose that feature and maybe even sway my opinion.

Cobo

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2007, 04:21:43 PM »
Meh, I went with onymous :P
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onymous:
bearing a name (not anonymous)

Eiii

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2007, 05:15:53 PM »
I vote for onymous. :D

magalhaes

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2007, 05:27:30 PM »
I vote for anonymous.
So the new players dont be afraid to vote on what they really want just because some old-schoolers don't like it.

Cobo

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2007, 05:28:59 PM »
But stuff that new players vote for sucks, and is usually useless.
* Cobo can imagine "dual weapons" spreading like wild fire.

magalhaes

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2007, 05:30:57 PM »
???
that doesnt make sense.
If we want a voting let all people vote.
If not dont let people vote.

Xena

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2007, 05:38:28 PM »
anonymous voting would only work if it's one vote per player (no cancelling votes to re-vote)... kinda hard to decide though. But it would encourage people who wants to be anonymous to vote.

KnacK

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2007, 08:45:02 PM »
I trump your jump feature vote with my grapple feature vote FTW!!!

lekky

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2007, 03:35:00 PM »
Hard one. I think there is little to choose between either option. I'm inclined to say show the names simply because it may lead to discussion about features, rather than just idle votes. I can't see their being much pressure on people as its not really that type of voting. As it is now names are shown openly and this seems to work fine, so I think it should be carried on to the automated system.

Apocalypse

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2007, 09:47:19 AM »
I'm not voting for anonymous votes but if you wanted anonymous and changeable you could simply use a poll......

Canada A

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2007, 09:09:27 PM »
Why not just ask for your name to be left off the list when you vote. Then just modify your post after you see your vote has been counted?

Apocalypse

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2007, 07:26:57 AM »
That would be completely pointless because then it wouldn't be anonymous because people would see your post :P

Canada A

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Re: Anonymous Feature Votes?
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2007, 04:00:47 PM »
That would be completely pointless because then it wouldn't be anonymous because people would see your post :P

"Then just modify your post after you see your vote has been counted?"

Hence this part of my post.