I've given a lot of thought about how to proceed with voting to ensure it's as fair as possible. The trouble with fair voting is that we can't use polls, and no vote will be completely fair because people are always going to show a bias toward people they know (this isn't always a bad thing). So this is going to be a little complex, and similar to a system Aaron used years ago during another round of staff recruitment.
I briefly thought about temporarily hiding the questions thread and taking each person's posts, giving them a codename and commencing voting that way - this would ensure a certain degree of impartiality, but I anticipated a bit of backlash because that doesn't quite work with warning (people would just fire in and screencap it, or they'd probably recognise their friend's writing style anyway).
Also, I know transparency is something everyone wants to see.
To that end, here's how this'll go:
How Voting Works
There are 10 candidates:
Gabe
Satsu
Carlie
Vader
Lith
Joe
Force
Channy
Darth
Splintered
Please go read their answers to questions in this thread to help make your decisions!
You are required to rank seven candidates from 1 (most preferred) to 7 (least preferred). Points will be assigned based on how you rank them (your number 1 will receive 7 points, your number 7 will receive 1 point).
You are optionally (but encouraged) to rank your remaining three candidates from 1 (most preferred) to 3 (least preferred). Candidates in this category will be assigned negative points (-1 to -3), so this is an opportunity to exercise a negative vote should you feel some candidates wouldn't make a good mod. You can choose to only negatively list one or two people rather than all three, just make sure to assign a number (1 for -1 points, 2 for -2 points, 3 for minus 3 points).
Anyone you leave out will of course get 0 points.
How to Vote
Your actual vote post/ PM will look something like this (without the point descriptions):
Preferred candidates:
1. Alpha (7 points)
2. Bravo (6 points)
3. Charlie (5 points)
4. Delta (4 points)
5. Echo (3 points)
6. Foxtrot (2 points)
7. Golf (1 point)
Negatives:
1. X-Ray (-1 point)
2. Yankee (-2 points)
3. Zebra (-3 points)
If I wanted to give Yankee just -2 points and leave X-Ray and Zebra, I would just write: "2. Yankee" and ignore the others.
You have options. You can choose to remain anonymous (except to mod staff, because we need to count the votes) by PM'ing your vote. In order to ensure we don't make mistakes and everyone can be clear that the vote isn't rigged in some way, people who PM their votes are required to send the PM to me, Octo and Yop. Octo has volunteered to help me count, whereas Yop acts as a triple check. You can of course PM any staff member if you don't trust any of us, but you must also send the vote to all three of us so that we can count them.
Or you can choose to post your vote in this thread. I find it fairly unlikely that a lot of people will want to do this if they're including negative votes, just be warned that using a public negative vote as an opportunity to flame or troll will not be tolerated. Please keep it civil and mature.
You do not need to provide reasoning for your choices, but can of course do so if you're publicly voting and feel the need to justify how you're voting.
The final points tally will be posted publicly and voting will be open for one week, closing next Saturday.
Recap
Happy voting!
EDIT by Octo: extra clarification.
I briefly thought about temporarily hiding the questions thread and taking each person's posts, giving them a codename and commencing voting that way - this would ensure a certain degree of impartiality, but I anticipated a bit of backlash because that doesn't quite work with warning (people would just fire in and screencap it, or they'd probably recognise their friend's writing style anyway).
Also, I know transparency is something everyone wants to see.
To that end, here's how this'll go:
How Voting Works
There are 10 candidates:
Gabe
Satsu
Carlie
Vader
Lith
Joe
Force
Channy
Darth
Splintered
Please go read their answers to questions in this thread to help make your decisions!
You are required to rank seven candidates from 1 (most preferred) to 7 (least preferred). Points will be assigned based on how you rank them (your number 1 will receive 7 points, your number 7 will receive 1 point).
You are optionally (but encouraged) to rank your remaining three candidates from 1 (most preferred) to 3 (least preferred). Candidates in this category will be assigned negative points (-1 to -3), so this is an opportunity to exercise a negative vote should you feel some candidates wouldn't make a good mod. You can choose to only negatively list one or two people rather than all three, just make sure to assign a number (1 for -1 points, 2 for -2 points, 3 for minus 3 points).
Anyone you leave out will of course get 0 points.
How to Vote
Your actual vote post/ PM will look something like this (without the point descriptions):
Preferred candidates:
1. Alpha (7 points)
2. Bravo (6 points)
3. Charlie (5 points)
4. Delta (4 points)
5. Echo (3 points)
6. Foxtrot (2 points)
7. Golf (1 point)
Negatives:
1. X-Ray (-1 point)
2. Yankee (-2 points)
3. Zebra (-3 points)
If I wanted to give Yankee just -2 points and leave X-Ray and Zebra, I would just write: "2. Yankee" and ignore the others.
You have options. You can choose to remain anonymous (except to mod staff, because we need to count the votes) by PM'ing your vote. In order to ensure we don't make mistakes and everyone can be clear that the vote isn't rigged in some way, people who PM their votes are required to send the PM to me, Octo and Yop. Octo has volunteered to help me count, whereas Yop acts as a triple check. You can of course PM any staff member if you don't trust any of us, but you must also send the vote to all three of us so that we can count them.
Or you can choose to post your vote in this thread. I find it fairly unlikely that a lot of people will want to do this if they're including negative votes, just be warned that using a public negative vote as an opportunity to flame or troll will not be tolerated. Please keep it civil and mature.
You do not need to provide reasoning for your choices, but can of course do so if you're publicly voting and feel the need to justify how you're voting.
The final points tally will be posted publicly and voting will be open for one week, closing next Saturday.
Recap
- Rank seven candidates from 1 (most preferred) to 7 (least preferred)
- Optionally, assign negative points to one, two, or all three of the remaining candidates (1 = -1, 2= -2, 3= -3)
- Either post publicly or PM Me, Octo and Yop (all three of us) with your votes. Indicate in the PM whether you're happy for a mod to anonymously post your rankings in the thread (your rankings will be posted, your name won't). You can indicate that you want your rankings kept anonymous, but keep in mind that we can't keep the names anonymous from the mod section because that's how we'll be counting votes.
- Keep it civil and professional. Using the negative voting system to be a dick (i.e. troll or flame comments) will result in your vote being discounted.
- The final points tally will be posted publicly and voting will be open for one week, closing next Saturday.
Happy voting!
EDIT by Octo: extra clarification.
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