David Hobby wrote: > > > We of course do not allow multiple votes by one individual, > > > and so on. Even given that taking the first 20 posts results in > > > a biased sample, the method should be reliable in the extreme cases > > > where I propose to apply it. > > > > How do we screen for 1 person having multiple e-mail addresses? Just > > wondering. > > > > Julia > > We are not that big a list, people would know. I would > discount anything from someone who has only posted a few times. > If someone is using multiple addresses and not trying to hide > their identity, we would know them under all their addresses. > So that leaves the case where someone actually cultivates multiple > identities, presumably just to be able to have more votes. > I don't see any defense against that, but who would > bother?
If at all I would consider positive votes as well as negative votes. But this system would be even more open to abuse. Another problem I have with this (besides the obvious one being the fact that it is being considered at all) is the time frame. I f.i. usually have a backlog of several days (and I guess I'm not the only one), so I'd never be able to contribute to such a system. Sonja
