Talk:The Consumerium Exchange: Difference between revisions

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This permits several [[faction]]s to develop and align behind different views, and for those who choose a faction or a point of view defined by a faction on one issue, it permits [[buy or not]] decisions to be made clearly. Without this facility, there will be less "green light" and "red light" clarity, and more "yellow light" ambiguity.

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The Consumerium Exchange does not necessarily determine whether the "red light" or "green light" goes off. In fact only those cases where a "yellow light" (caution) goes off, should really require anyone to read anything. --[[142.177.X.X]]

:Actually i think that The Consumerium Exchange _is_ what turns on and off the lights if you desire such a simple interface. Let me explain. Suppose there are three different levels of [[Boycott]] (avoid, boycott, strong boycott) and three levels of [[Endorsement]] (support, buy, strong buy) that the [[Campaign]] management chooses from. Then the algo for figuring which light out of the spectrum appears would roughly be the following:

#Give "weights" to each level. say -1,-2,-3 and 1,2,3

#Multiply the votes for each [[Campaign]] with the weight the campaign has set

#Divide the result with the total amount of votes in the Campaigns on this product

#Voila. We have a number that can be converted into a shade of light on your favourite spectrum

:This process will of course get a lot more complicated in practice due to that one has to take a stand on how to trust direct and indirect votes and further on how to trust different classes of direct votes and then there is of course the selective exclusion of votes that also affects the algo... -[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 17:14 Oct 1, 2003 (EEST)

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