> On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail >> address -- so all I'd have to do now (if it were a user name that >> didn't make it obvious it was mine) is go somewhere else to vote. And >> given how low the voting requirements are the software must be sending >> out multiple invitations to quite a few people. >> >> I can't see how it benefits the project to have multiple accounts >> voting that only need to have made 300 edits and 20 recent ones, and a >> kind bot that reminds them of all the eligible account names. We're >> shooting ourselves in the foot with this, surely. >> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 15:29, Thomas Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps. Although with that said nearly 1000 people have voted today - > compared to between 100-200 on the previous days (excepting the 29th, first > day, which had about 600-800). So it's a case of; is the risk worth the > reward? > It's more than a risk, though, it's a certainty that the software is inviting multiple alternate/sock accounts to vote. And there's no way of knowing what the percentage is. So the cost/benefit can't be addressed, because we have no figures.
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