Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site neuro1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!sob From: sob@neuro1.UUCP (Stan Barber) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: voting methods Message-ID: <663@neuro1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 05:44:55 EST Article-I.D.: neuro1.663 Posted: Mon Nov 11 05:44:55 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:48:52 EST References: <656@neuro1.UUCP> <505@brl-sem.ARPA> Reply-To: sob@neuro1.UUCP (Stan Barber) Organization: Neurophysiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx Lines: 34 The reason I am bothering is to get more people to express their opinions and thereby get a more accurate sampling of what people think. I hope that this will help the net be more effective (i.e. responsive) and more efficient (in getting old unused newsgroups removed and new ones created faster). If everyone takes a "why bother" attitude, then the net will surely die. I would not like this so I am trying to do something. Voting seems to be a problem. I am trying to offer a possible mechanism to attempt to fix it. Now, to answer your questions: My proposal does not include apportionment of any kind. The local system would just tabluate and forward the results. My thought would be to only allow one vote per user, and if the vote-taker (the originator of the "getvote" message wants to apportion things in some way, s/he will have the raw data from which to work. Of course, stuffing the box is still possible, but I feel that there is less chance of that being effective this way than the current method since everyone who reads the newsgroup that has received the getvote control message will have to vote in some manner (Yes, No, or No opinion). In answer to the second question about people who are uninterested having to vote I would say that since the control message can be assigned to any newsgroup, that is it unlikely that a person will encounter a voting situation that is totally unrelated. In any case if that were to occur, then that person could vote "No Opinion" and move along. Thanks for the note. -- Stan uucp:{ihnp4!shell,rice}!neuro1!sob Opinions expressed Olan ARPA:sob@rice.arpa here are ONLY mine & Barber CIS:71565,623 BBS:(713)660-9262 noone else's.