I reckon no voting for yourself is a good idea regardless of how many votes you already haveAnother thing I would like to see in voting is no one can vote for themselves
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I reckon no voting for yourself is a good idea regardless of how many votes you already haveAnother thing I would like to see in voting is no one can vote for themselves
“True dat!”Poll is set to allow votes to be changed. There should be a button that’s says CHANGE VOTE bottom right under the poll. I usually do this for polls with discussions because the more we learn, the perspective often changes.
I feel it should be as transparent as possible. I've entered some POTM, and BOTM on some Months. I never won. I never complained either. But I have seen some entries that Obviously break the contest rules. I have seen other members call that stuff out. Just to be slapped on the wrist by Administration for "being mean" or "disrespectful to another member" .Contest voting was always anonymous, until people started cheating. Members were getting caught, disqualified, upset and leaving the site.
So we made the voting transparent to allow the community to help monitor, so it wouldn’t be our word against theirs anymore. This resolved the issue, we’ve had hardly any problems since.
However, we feel that transparent voting may have impacted voter turnouts, because people don’t want others getting upset about who they voted for.
Requiring a fifty post minimum to vote, has also minimized cheating and we’ll always be watching in the back to make sure things remain ethical and legit.
We’d like to hear your feedback on the situation, in order to make any changes to improve the quality and credibility of the contests.
Please cast your votes now
I've seen this.One more thought,
Having the votes private removes the "obligation" factor. I'm sure there are many members who feel obligated to vote for a particular person, because they know that person and their friends will see the vote.
For some contests like member and grow journal of the month some people may want to see the member's conduct, or how the journal continues to play out before voting, but I see your point.Yet another perspective is this poll itself. Notice how we got 20 votes in 12 hours without even adding it to the notices at top of the forum, or the alerts, or even tagging anyone. We sometimes go 2 weeks to get that many votes in a contest. I believe this has been a thorn in our side for a long time that needs extraction and healing.
I like this.For me it would be great to just have no idea who was winning or who won until the contest ends.
Providing transparency with voting helps establish trust and confidence in the process. Voters have a means to verify that the results are an accurate reflection of the people.
Well I have never seen it in the U.S. Government. But that's a different Bear to deal wi sorry not trying to be political, But this in a political nature of sorts.I've honestly never seen transparent voting anywhere but here, have you or anyone else?
Send a notification to every single member (with at least 50 posts) via PM on the 15th and 28th of every month to remind them to vote in the contests, with a link (obv).we’re still stuck with the issue of poor voter turnouts
Is there a store front to purchase shirts mugs and other goods? That would help with cash flow, for those that don't want monthly subscriptions.Send a notification to every single member via PM on the 15th and 28th of every month to remind them to vote in the contests, with a link (obv).
It can't be considered spam to come from you on your site, and it's just 2x/month.
Also seriously consider putting a permanent link to your Patreon page somewhere rather than just in the signatures of a few of us. Set the website to auto link the word Patreon as well.
Is there a store front to purchase shirts mugs and other goods? That would help with cash flow, for those that don't want monthly subscriptions
Maybe if Admin added a couple more trust worthy, Long time members of this fine @420mag site to be Like a, I dunno a "Transparent Jury" of sorts?
Just my 2cents.
Thanks Shed , @420 that should be plainly visible in the drop down menu without having to search for it . I looked the other day and couldn't find itSure is:
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www.420store.com
But if one of the aims is to increase voter turnout then I’m all for it. I won my JOTM with probably the lowest voter turn out ever. 5-4-4 It sucked really, just felt like a bit of luck (and given I won my custom title in a spinning ball game and paid for the other actually I’m
a complete fraud )
Well I have never seen it in the U.S. Government. But that's a different Bear to deal wi sorry not trying to be political, But this in a political nature of sorts.
Please don't take me out of context wi my honest opinion that was requested in this post. I never said anyone played games.For the record, we've never played favorites or fixed a contest in our entire history.
If we did, it would only take one two faced person to spill the beans about it, which has never happened.
Is there a store front to purchase shirts mugs and other goods? That would help with cash flow, for those that don't want monthly subscriptions
And @Regrowth has some good ideas he's mentioned in a message to me ,come on spill the beans don't be shyi think this should be more up front. there should be more promotion of 420 swag and lifestyle in both this forum and associated media. lifestyle branding is both positive messaging and a business way forward in our world.
there is an insane trove of co-branding and media partnership possibilities that cold expand the business of the board, business, and mag.
13 votes in 2 weeks for a transparent vote is pretty shabby, I agree 420%.
Meanwhile we've got almost 50 votes in 24 hours for this anonymous poll.