Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 12:36:27 01/23/00
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On January 23, 2000 at 14:06:56, Roger wrote: >On January 23, 2000 at 01:42:19, KarinsDad wrote: > >> >>On the surface, this type of thing sounds good, but it does not work. >> >>For example, say you have "two camps" as you state above. Most people in camp >>one will vote for their favorite person and against their least favorite person. >>The same will happen in camp two. >> >>Hence, the person who would have received a 60% support suddenly gets 15% of the >>votes. Another person who would have gotten a 55% support suddenly also gets 15% >>of the votes (since these are the two big candidates from opposing camps, they >>also get the majority of negative votes). >> >>And hence, instead of these two individuals (who may be perfectly fine >>candidates with different platforms) end up in 5th and 6th place respectively >>and three other people with a 20% to a 35% support end up as moderators. >> >>I think I would prefer people with differing platforms than people who very few >>people vote in. >> >>KarinsDad :) > > >The idea is to minimax likes and dislikes. Your example is perfect. If you have >a highly polarized situation, then you two camps, by definition. Each camp LOVES >its candidate and HATES the candidate of the opponent camp. If either camp were >to win control, the members of the opposite camp would be in an uproar, and >would cause trouble, or might leave the group (note that I am not saying that >these things are inevitable given a polarized group, I am saying that this is >the definition of polarized). > >Consequently, the two groups tend to cancel each other out, and candidates that >are acceptable to all sides move forward. After all, the members from the >opposing camps are minimaxing their dislikes, too. > >The candidates may indeed be perfectly fine, morally upstanding people with high >IQs, but not from the perspective of their respective opposing camps. :) > >Roger We aren't selecting _one_ moderator, though. We are selecting three. In the above scenario, both major candidates will be elected, and a third person as well, who might well end up breaking a few ties in moderation votes. :) Dave
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