whatever the protocol is, it should be explicit. My general feeling is that we have too little rather than too many opportunities to understand what people propose, represent, want to achieve, understand. From that point of view, it is valuable to allow reaching out larger audiences, as Jan writes.
However, as Tito notes, canvassing votes in return for favors is something we definitely should reject - as it is pretty much more or less corruption.
best,
dj "pundit"
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Key books: Collaborative Society (2020, MIT Press, with A. Przegalinska), Thick Big Data (2020, Oxford University Press), Common Knowlege? (2014, Stanford University Press)
