Most people here are probably already aware of the situation on Reddit. This is a thread to discuss it here.
Contest mode would have improved the outcome because it is possible to vote on every option, so the vote is not split between similar options.
If I wanted to run a poll where people can only pick one option and make sure option B wins even if option A might be more popular, I could do this:
- A
- A, but slightly different
- B
I realized I had done exactly that by accident so I changed it the best way I could think of at the time.
Nobody intends to restrict the community and walk away. As long as the community is restricted, there will be a poll at least weekly. In the mean time, welcome to Lemmy. It’s smaller, but growing, and we have fun stuff like comments with direct image uploads.
Are you/they planning to add them together against the “stay open” option again too? From what your saying the “open” option would have won already in the previous vote.
Regardless, leaving the community restricted with a vote will lead to less folks caring about the sub over time and eventually it dying off. There’s about 175k folks there vs about 400-ish here - this place isn’t the answer to putting a quality sub on life support.
Are you/they planning to add them together against the “stay open” option again too?
No. Why would I do that? Since contest mode allows voting for multiple options, that would result in some people getting two votes.
See here for why the two protest options were combined.
Because it happened last time when the poll didn’t go as you wanted. I’m sure you understand many having skepticism about this.
I want to say that most would agree with how you ended up doing the poll, but this is clearly a pretty polarizing issue for the entirety of Reddit. I do hope that most members of the community can at least give you the benefit of the doubt considering the time and effort you’ve put into keeping the sub a beneficial and helpful place.
At any rate, we’re only looking at a few more days and then another round of voting and it sounds like you’ve figured out how to run a better poll next time. I know I appreciate you and Zeroair—and now you and Adair, looks like—for working to keep up with a place to discuss and learn about the hobby.
Thanks. I’ve definitely gained some additional respect for the people who run real elections.
