People would be hesitant to break from the hive mind
that's their fault. We need to overcome fear. I'd rather people be aware of the mass consensus and consciously resist it, then to obfuscate the mass consensus and allow it to be secretly manipulated.
and it would reward those who stick to the popular consensus.
It would allow us to know what the "popular" consensus is
popular: meaning of the people.
Can we really be sure a consensus is of the people if it's anonymous?
Public voting quite simply immediately makes it transparent who is lying by saying one thing and voting another way, in addition to making it extremely obvious to aggregate the usernames who vote nearly identically all the time and ask them why their voting habits don't match what they post.
And that is the only reason someone would have to dislike voting transparency. They don't want others to see they are saying one thing and doing another. Transparency is only scary to those who abuse the voting systerm in the first place.
Public voting quite simply immediately makes it transparent who is lying by saying one thing and voting another way, in addition to making it extremely obvious to aggregate the usernames who vote nearly identically all the time and ask them why their voting habits don't match what they post.
And that is the only reason someone would have to dislike voting transparency. They don't want others to see they are saying one thing and doing another. Transparency is only scary to those who abuse the voting systerm in the first place.
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NOMOCHOMO ago
that's their fault. We need to overcome fear. I'd rather people be aware of the mass consensus and consciously resist it, then to obfuscate the mass consensus and allow it to be secretly manipulated.
It would allow us to know what the "popular" consensus is
popular: meaning of the people.
Can we really be sure a consensus is of the people if it's anonymous?
virge ago
Public voting quite simply immediately makes it transparent who is lying by saying one thing and voting another way, in addition to making it extremely obvious to aggregate the usernames who vote nearly identically all the time and ask them why their voting habits don't match what they post.
And that is the only reason someone would have to dislike voting transparency. They don't want others to see they are saying one thing and doing another. Transparency is only scary to those who abuse the voting systerm in the first place.
fuchs_davis ago
Are you saying you would hold it against me if I upvoted you for making a good argument that I also attempted to negate?
NOMOCHOMO ago
Who was this faggot (guy you responded to), what did he say, and why did he self delete?
fuchs_davis ago
To obfuscate his internet trace.
NOMOCHOMO ago
Lol sorry I stopped that @virge
You shouldn't delete valid comments. Maybe mix in disinfo, but he's only hurting his and my case for Transparency....
unless that was his goal all along.....