One more than you get on any poll...This is not a post about the idea I submitted before. It is a post about what it means to have "enough votes." That makes it a question.
Anybody care to answer?
AJ
Probably not enough cm/mod votes to push it to the devs?
When the mechanism was introduced, it was specifically a total of 20+ votes with more in favour than opposed. Now they have removed the number and it is the same level of capriciousness as all other forum moderation.This is not a post about the idea I submitted before. It is a post about what it means to have "enough votes." That makes it a question.
Anybody care to answer?
AJ
Exactly correct.After a suggestion is approved on a forum, the next step is all the different forum CMs get together and vote on which ones are sent on to the devs. And if enough CMs do not like it, it is rejected completely and won't get voted on again.
The loophole used is the next point. Determining what is supported by the majority of the community by poll representation is up to the mods determination.This apparently doesn't actually mean what it says, but whatever the forum mod du jour wants it to mean.
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Any idea that does not meet the requirement of the poll, will not be forward. This will avoid forwarding ideas that are not supported by the majority of the community
I'm not sure that differs from what I said. The forum mods are gatekeepers and are the only arbiters of what deserves to be seen by the devs. Polls only matter if they are sufficiently negativeThe loophole used is the next point. Determining what is supported by the majority of the community by poll representation is up to the mods determination.
I'm not sure that differs from what I said. The forum mods are gatekeepers and are the only arbiters of what deserves to be seen by the devs. Polls only matter if they are sufficiently negative
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My confusion was in assuming there was really no need to get votes as pretty much everyone (but not all, of course ;?)) were in favor. If I had known it takes 20 votes I'd have done some "politicking" to get it up to 20. My error.The loophole used is the next point. Determining what is supported by the majority of the community by poll representation is up to the mods determination.
You can't, really. It isn't as simple as getting past the local mods. It only goes from here to the internal moderators' group, who then vote on it because they are only allowed to send a few ideas to the devs. So you need the "right" mods, and a bunch of them are international. And if anyone along the way doesn't understand the idea or just decides they don't like it, too bad. The whole thing seems designed to pay as little attention to the players as possible while pretending you are paying attention to them.From no on if I come up with an idea I'll just start with the moderators and be sure they are in favor of it before I post it in the forums.
AJ
I figured that so I'll just start with the mods I can reach (kidding).You can't, really. It isn't as simple as getting past the local mods. It only goes from here to the internal moderators' group, who then vote on it because they are only allowed to send a few ideas to the devs. So you need the "right" mods, and a bunch of them are international. And if anyone along the way doesn't understand the idea or just decides they don't like it, too bad. The whole thing seems designed to pay as little attention to the players as possible while pretending you are paying attention to them.