On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Brian<brian.min...@colorado.edu> wrote: > > This kind of fear mongering attitude is why we can't allow more members > of > > the community to vote. You'd rather spread FUD about vote buying than > design > > a system that allows the largest number of community members to vote. > > What on earth are you talking about? > > Tim is concerned about legitimate risk. I don't share Tim's opinion > on the matter but I certainly don't consider it "fear mongering". > Like anything else it's a decision where benefits must be weighed vs > costs. Fortunately the decision to disclose ballots isn't one that > interacts heavily with making the voting system open to many people. > The reason we let such a tiny fraction of the community vote is because of an irrational and inflated fear of fraudulent votes. The risk has been blown entirely out of proportion and absolutely no technical measures have been been pursued. The Board and those who they coordinate with technically sit around and drum up the scariest possible situations they can think of and then develop a policy which prevents it from happening without even considering technologies that would allow more people to vote. You say its a legitimate risk, but you do not quantify how risky you believe it is. The answer is that it is almost zero. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l