On 3/15/15 10:19 AM, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > [...] > The following voters never voted before the dual-mode RFC went up: > [...] > eliw - no > [...] > Some of these names I recognize from list (sammywg and eliw), but many I do > not. > [...] > I'm not saying that all of these are bad votes. Nor that they > shouldn't be counted. I think it does raise a significant question > around the voting practices.
Hello Anthony ... given I was 'called out' here I figured I should respond. My vote (and the situation around it) is exactly what people have assumed. That is: 1. I've long been a member (prominent by some people's definitions) of the PHP Community 2. I've long been a member of Internals, and read everything, and at times join the discussion when I feel I have something to contribute. (If I don't, then I don't clutter the list - there's enough clutter and enough amazingly smart people on this list, like both you and Zeev, that I'm content to read the excellent discussions) 3. I was long (long) ago offered an acct to have a vote, and actually declined because I didn't feel it warranted. 4. A while ago, I ended up getting an acct anyway, because I started helping out with the documentation/webmaster/calendar stuff which noone else was doing 5. I still never used my vote, on any issues, even the PHP 7 one which I was one of the main instigators of. Because I, like Padraig, kinda was in that mentality that I shouldn't use it. And that I would wait, until there was a proposal that I felt very strongly about, and where my vote/my voice could make a difference. To cast my vote. And so in this case, my first case. I did cast a vote. And unfortunately I have received no end of private (and some public) flak about said vote. And while I know that you are just looking at numbers and being open about 'Hey this is interesting lets chat about this'. Others have not been so kind. FWIW - I would always assume the best of people - And I would assume that others on that voting list in fact were in similar situations. Where they hadn't voted before simply because they didn't feel they felt strongly enough about something. Also this is the first 'on the edge' hyper-contentious vote in quite a while, which means that lurkers are much more likely to have it come to their attention that this vote is happening, and therefore that they should familiarize themselves with it and cast a vote. As to why so many of those 1st time voters, who have decided their vote is worthwhile, happen to be voting no more often than not. Well I have other theories on that (which do not include any negative consequences or foul play, but simple cases of human mentality and 'community' vs 'community' discussions) In service to PHP, Eli -- | Eli White | http://eliw.com/ | Twitter: EliW |
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