My understanding is that it’s not currently possibly to flair posts on Lemmy. However, I want to suggest that we establish some basic etiquette/format for posts, such as beginning a title with [Vote], [Discussion], [Poll], [Question], or something similar. I believe that this could help clarify content. This etiquette could be outlined in the sidebar.
In favour, reply: “Aye”
Against, reply: “Nay”
ETA: This would apply only to the Agora, not across the entire instance. Additionally, these would be superseded by flairs if and when that becomes a possibility.
This has been implemented.
edit: at some point I’ll see if I can’t create a python script that would read all the comments and tally up all the aye or nay’s to make it easier to keep count.
Are downvotes and upvotes counted? I don’t think they should be because of trolls.
Only comments.
only comments
Quick question, does this apply only to the Agora or to all? My vote is Aye for the Agora, Nay for all
Thanks for the clarification. This would apply only to the Agora.
Thank you for clarifying. Maybe consider adding this to your original post, as it changes my vote entirely.
I’ve updated the post.
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I don’t think we need to set the terms used in stone, though. Let’s leave room to adapt and change.
Aye, I agree; I think this is a good starting point.
Perhaps we should also require a time limit for each vote, so we can officially state a result at a defined point in time instead of dragging it out forever. I am assuming a [vote] will result in a rule change, while a [poll] is nonbinding and simply gauges the community’s thoughts. If we do have a time limit, I think it’s a good idea to have a minimum of 3 business days or something like that so someone can’t hold a secret 1 hour vote on a weekend or holiday. I know not everyone lives in Canada or the US, but we could use those countries as starting points for holidays.
Edit: expanded on my thoughts here
The current aye/nay system is cluttered and clunky. How about we allow comments in [discussion] posts and then have a separate [vote] post with a single comment for each option so people can choose up/down/abstain? Then nobody has to count anything, human or bot, or worry about typos, formatting, sarcasm, etc.
I also propose a minimum of 3 days, maximum of 1 week per each [vote], no time limits for discussion. You can choose when to start the official [vote] after discussion starts.
