Few thoughts about wiki and public voting: - I guess people will be more "mainstream" when their votes can be seen by others => extreme groups that are not generally liked (in the media, by friends etc.) will get less support - Some voters don't want to state their opinion in public at all (strong tradition in many places) - Public votes with information on who voted what may make voters less strategical => methods like Range may perform better (more utility oriented) that they otherwise would - I guess also emails are quite public and reveal one's opinions either to the list or to the vote counter
Juho On Feb 20, 2007, at 18:59 , Michael Ossipoff wrote: >> Mike, > >> I guess a wiki would be the best way to do the poll then... The votes >> could be posted in a single place, changed at will, and discussed >> on a >> talk page. > > I reply: > > ...changed at will is the part that I don't quite like. I've never > understood the appeal of a wiki, where what you send might be > different next > time you look. I suppose people might be honorable enough not to > change > other people's ballots or comments, and, if that's so, it would be > workable. > > Anyway, as always with voting systems, my purpose is to do my part, > and I > did so when I posted the poll. > > Mike Ossipoff > > > ---- > election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for > list info ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
