On 10 June 2011 22:19, Sarah slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
I've received two invitations to vote -- also both at the same e-mail address -- so all I'd have to do now (if it were a user name that didn't make it obvious it was mine) is go somewhere else to vote. And given how low the voting requirements are the software must be sending out multiple invitations to quite a few people.
I can't see how it benefits the project to have multiple accounts voting that only need to have made 300 edits and 20 recent ones, and a kind bot that reminds them of all the eligible account names. We're shooting ourselves in the foot with this, surely.
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 15:29, Thomas Morton morton.thomas@googlemail.com wrote:
Perhaps. Although with that said nearly 1000 people have voted today - compared to between 100-200 on the previous days (excepting the 29th, first day, which had about 600-800). So it's a case of; is the risk worth the reward?
It's more than a risk, though, it's a certainty that the software is inviting multiple alternate/sock accounts to vote. And there's no way of knowing what the percentage is. So the cost/benefit can't be addressed, because we have no figures.
Sarah