Steve Bennett wrote:
There is nothing to be confused about. Anyone who regularly votes on anything will, sooner or later, attempt to convert their vote into power.
Power-voters, like eBay's Power-sellers to easily make a career of whatever it is that they have power about.
Animate's initial response:
"I'm surprised to find myself not giving strong support, as everything I've observed from Riana has been positive. However, the Kelly Martin adminship nomination really gives me pause."
Translates basically as "Hmm, I've got some dirt on you. Convince me." Just like in the RfAs, where people routinely come up with all sorts of novel hoops for candidates to jump through - voters want to exercise their power.
Whether one supported or opposed any individual candidates should never be accepted as a criterion for one's votes. Maybe such comments should be struck from the record of the vote.
My suggestion has always been the same: define objective measurements that candidates must reach, and reduce voting down to either 'they satisfy the objective measurement, or they don't". Regular voters hate power being taken out of their hands so shout down the idea.
Indeed.
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