Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: What about changing quorum like this?

2013-12-14 Thread Alex Smith
On Sat, 2013-12-14 at 23:03 -0500, omd wrote: > Well, it would make scams easier if the scamster waits for a > (historically fairly rare, but not unheard of) period of mass apathy, > such as the current one. Not the end of the world. Especially as apathetic periods are the ones most likely to ben

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: What about changing quorum like this?

2013-12-14 Thread omd
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > It shouldn't make scams easier unless there's widespread disinterest in > a distribution. In fact, the rule would provide an incentive to vote (so > as to prevent the following distribution being used for a voting scam). Well, it would make sc

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: What about changing quorum like this?

2013-12-14 Thread Ørjan Johansen
On Sun, 15 Dec 2013, Alex Smith wrote: It shouldn't make scams easier unless there's widespread disinterest in a distribution. In fact, the rule would provide an incentive to vote (so as to prevent the following distribution being used for a voting scam). I imagine it could scammably amplify b

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: What about changing quorum like this?

2013-12-14 Thread Alex Smith
On Sat, 2013-12-14 at 22:20 -0500, omd wrote: > This can potentially make quorum negative; I guess this is not > inherently wrong, but it seems odd. Also likely to make scams easier > in some cases, which, it being you, I'm sure is purposeful... I made a conscious decision not to think too much a