yea i intentionally used both names all the time to confuse people On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:25 PM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Next time, just try to communicate a bit more clearly. :) > > Notice of Honor: > -1 G. (unclear communication) > +1 omd (serving as our Distributor) > > Now we're both at 0, which seems equitable somehow. > > -Aris > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 9:14 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I think we're just interpreting things differently: when a proposal is > > "added back" to the proposal pool, you give it the priority of its > original > > number, while I was assuming that if other proposals were added to the > > pool in the mean time, those should have priority. > > > > In this case, it turned out that your ordering happened to favor > proposals > > you were keen on, that I didn't want to pass. > > > > Where this matters: I thought about resubmitting a "Coins->Points" > > name change proposal that could take effect before the "coin reduction" > > proposals, thus rendering them ineffective. But if those quorum-failing > > proposals always jump the queue, that removes this strategy. > > > > Anyway: I almost added that we haven't had a good "karma storm" (lots > > of people sniping each others' karma) in a long time. It's a good way > > to blow off steam (and smooth things over :) ) without really damaging > > anyone - though the zombies doing karma really amplifies it I guess! > > I'm cool (even if you do another round of karma on me :P ). > > > > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > To the public forum: > > > > > > I haven’t reordered proposals to favor one over another any time I can > > > remember. If I have done so recently (in the last few months), please > point > > > it out, and I pledge that I will state, publicly, whether or not the > > > reordering was an attempt at deliberate manipulation. I make every > effort > > > to be scrupulously fair with my actions in the office of the Promotor. > I’ve > > > done a few pranks (that thing with Cuddlebeam last year comes to > mind), but > > > nothing I didn’t consider ethical. On every occasion upon which I have > been > > > offered a bribe to distribute proposals in a certain way, I have > refused > > > it. I’m trying very hard not to take personal offense at that > allegation, > > > given that this is a game and we appear to only be having a > > > misunderstanding. > > > > > > I believe that if a proposal fails quorum, it should be voted upon > again, > > > so that the people of Agora can state their views on it. I have > attempted > > > to make that possible. If you disagree, that’s your right, but I’m only > > > trying to be helpful. If you believe that the attempts at lowering > quorum > > > are inadvisable, that is a disagreement best worked out through the > > > proposal process. > > > > > > With hope that we can smooth this over, > > > Aris > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 8:40 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > > > -1 G. (complaining about proposals being readded while resisting > any > > > > > attempt to lower quorum or otherwise resolve the problem of them > failing > > > > > quorum) > > > > > > > > Quorum is working as intended. The only "problem" is that some > people > > > > don't accept a result as a result, to the point that they are using > their > > > > Office in self-interest by distributing proposals out of the order > that > > > > they were placed in the pool, to favor proposals that they like. > > > > > > > > Might as well jump in though. > > > > > > > > Notice of Honour: > > > > -1 Aris (because really, I feel like it). > > > > +1 CuddleBeam (because I'm tired of seeing that name at the bottom). > > > > > > > > > > > > On behalf of Gaelan, I publish this following Notice of Honour: > > > > > > > > Notice of Honour > > > > -1 Aris (because Gaelan may or may not feel like it). > > > > +1 V.J. (or VJ) Rada, because eir name is confusing enough to be > > > > listed in two different ways within the Registrar's Report, and > > > > I like that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- >From V.J. Rada
