Voting: Difference between revisions

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... which is possible because there is '''no requirement to reach a consensus''' like there is when electing elected representatives of the people in democratic elections or write an encyclopedia.
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(... which is possible because there is '''no requirement to reach a consensus''' like there is when electing elected representatives of the people in democratic elections or write an encyclopedia.)
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In democratic elections the voting is '''closed''' and the [[#The trick is in the counting|vote counting]] is '''open'''.  
In democratic elections the voting is '''closed''' and the [[#The trick is in the counting|vote counting]] is '''open'''.  


Consumerium has the opposite system where '''voting''' is '''open''' though '''anonymized''' for consumer comfort and security and vote '''counting''' is up-to-'''personal and [[#The trick is in the counting|closed]]''' which is possible because there is '''no requirement to reach a consensus''' like there is when electing elected representatives of the people in democratic elections.
Consumerium has the opposite system where '''voting''' is '''open''' though '''anonymized''' for consumer comfort and security and vote '''counting''' is up-to-'''personal and [[#The trick is in the counting|closed]]''' which is possible because there is '''no requirement to reach a consensus''' like there is when electing elected representatives of the people in democratic elections or write an encyclopedia.


Everybody will be able to see what everybody voted but not know which votes were cast by whom. This way we can protect the voters privacy while maintaining resilience to information warfare. It would enrich the Consumium social media game experience to be able to share sub-sets of your votes with your friends or even publish some sets of your votes for all to see. Forming teams and factions that draw and aggregate from team/faction members' votes sub-sets seems a likely feature.
Everybody will be able to see what everybody voted but not know which votes were cast by whom. This way we can protect the voters privacy while maintaining resilience to information warfare. It would enrich the Consumium social media game experience to be able to share sub-sets of your votes with your friends or even publish some sets of your votes for all to see. Forming teams and factions that draw and aggregate from team/faction members' votes sub-sets seems a likely feature.
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