On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 05:56, Samuel Muldoon <muldoonsam...@gmail.com> wrote: > The python-ideas mailing list is a very cumbersome way to vet changes to the > Python interpreter or other aspects of the python language. If the > power-that-be would work with GetSatisfaction people to make a copy-cat of > the GetSatisfaction page for Minecraft, I think that the python community > could then better drive PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals) >
Popularity is a *terrible* way to judge ideas. I'm currently fighting with another platform on that same topic. All you can see from a system like that is how many of the popular ideas get implemented. It says nothing about how many good ideas end up languishing with a small number of votes, simply because they never reach critical mass and not enough people see them. Does GetSatisfaction allow downvotes? If yes: how do you stop a vocal few from shooting down any idea they don't like? If no: how do you guard against those who have louder voices being the only ones heard (in the case of Minecraft, if a major Youtuber were to link to a report, it would undoubtedly get a lot more votes than one from someone without such a platform)? There is no way to make a popular vote fair. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/WE5LB4PD2K23LLQRFC5LYYSM23N6TEXT/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
