• Majority thoughts on kittens

    From Mattia Rizzolo@21:1/5 to Adrian Bunk on Mon Apr 19 13:30:02 2021
    [Was: Subject: Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's
    readmission to the FSF board result ]

    On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 11:54:26PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
    On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 04:10:42PM -0400, Roberto C. Sรกnchez wrote:
    Something like a 3:1 majority would ensure that the measure had a very broad consensus behind it. I would like to think that it would result
    in more constructive discussions.

    Nothing prevents more than one option with a 3:1 majority when there are several options that are widely considered acceptable on the ballot.

    To make an example of a 3:1 majority requirement for public statements:

    Option 1: kittens are super cute
    Option 2: kittens are cute
    Option 3: kittens are not cute

    If option 1 has a 3:1 majority:
    - option 2 might also have a 3:1 majority,
    - but option 3 would be unlikely to have a 3:1 majority

    I very much hope Option 3 loses out to FD!

    Anybody up to set this up? ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ™
    ๐Ÿˆ

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  • From Enrico Zini@21:1/5 to Mattia Rizzolo on Mon Apr 19 14:40:01 2021
    On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 01:28:17PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:

    Option 1: kittens are super cute
    Option 2: kittens are cute
    Option 3: kittens are not cute
    [...]
    I very much hope Option 3 loses out to FD!
    Anybody up to set this up? ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ™
    ๐Ÿˆ

    Careful! You're toying with forces that you don't understand!

    http://english.bouletcorp.com/2011/07/31/pleiotropy/


    Enrico

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