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Re: CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:59:32 GMT
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On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:03:19 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:
> BTW, the suggestion of separating "would you personally be happier if XYZ
> happened" from "should XYZ happen" was mine too, but the theory there was to
> ask the "would you personally..." question first, then publish the results,
> then ask the "should..." question after the results of the first question
> were tallied. (People sometimes tend toward "status quo tameness" on
> "should"-style questions when they don't know how other people feel.)
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> One interesting unforseen artifact of presenting "would you personally enjoy
> the groups more if..." against "should..." is that someone could actually
> want to (but not be able to) answer "no" to "would you personally enjoy the
> groups more if..." but "yes" to the "should" part. For example, Greg
> Majewski said, "No, you're missing out! I occasionally read his posts for a
> quick laugh or two..."[2], in which case it's conceivable that Greg may not
> in fact -enjoy- the groups more if JW's posting privileges were revoked,
> even though he may still feel that JW's privilegs -should- be revoked.
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> In other words, the "should XYZ happen" question should not we worded such
> that it can only be answered if the "would you personally enjoy the groups
> more if..." part is answered with "yes." The "should" question should be
> answerable regardless of the first question. (Hope that make sense!)
OK, then why was voting the "should XYZ happen" conditional upon the
response to the "personally be happier if XYZ"?
Steve
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| (...) Ahh, but #2 and #5 do achieve different results! In #2, the hope is that if (a) doesn't pass, then perhaps (b) or (c) still might. In #3, if (a) doesn't pass, then that's it...all or nothing. * In #2, you're saying, "Yes, I would personally (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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