Feedback please... democracy on TE

IDEA: Have political parties on TE

Motive: It will actually get people power in without actually letting anyone off the hook. its a superb idea to get people involved.

Now don’t dismiss this straight off.

the plan is to have 3-4 political parties under the leadership of gmod or mod or staff member.

they can recruit 5 other friends. we put all this in a leaderboard.

we have elections on site every 2 or 3 months.

the party that wins will moderate the forums. As the people elect the mods, they can’t or shouldn’t complain about anything. Plus we actually have very active guys that way.

So basically the guys party that wins can control while others will umm sit in opposition. Its not that bad if you ask me. Democracy at its best…

and if they do a bad job, we can have no confidence vote.

Your thts are welcome.. i will elaborate more based on your feedbacks :slight_smile:

Haha i can see it now Golden frag and co aka kidoman, virus and couple of alias ids form their own party. Knoughtyd and the othes have their own and TE get pwned :face_with_tongue: . Sorry to day but no-go atleast from my side :face_with_tongue: We could have unions(like gamespot forums does) as such but vesting power into these ppl isn’t my idea of fun. :slight_smile:

so can i offer things like bigger siggies and avatars so more ppl vote for my party ?

lol..interesting thought! does the ruling party get to select the admins as well (just as they select a PM)? :wink:
in that case, i’ll become the president (of the entire forum ofcourse and not just president of that party). :face_with_tongue:

oh shoot ! i get it now ! Its aprils 1st ! damn :rofl:

If this is indeed a april fools joke, move the first post only in public and get feedback from the members ! would be awesome fun :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

as long as u wud keep ur promise (just like any other politician) u r free to offer anything!! perhaps i shud offer admin’s post.. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: evil:

IDEA: Have political parties on TE

Motive: It will actually get people power in without actually letting anyone off the hook. its a superb idea to get people involved.

Now don’t dismiss this straight off.

the plan is to have 3-4 political parties under the leadership of gmod or mod or staff member.
they can recruit 5 other friends. we put all this in a leaderboard.
we have elections on site every 2 or 3 months.

the party that wins will moderate the forums. As the people elect the mods, they can’t or shouldn’t complain about anything. Plus we actually have very active guys that way.

So basically the guys party that wins can control while others will umm sit in opposition. Its not that bad if you ask me. Democracy at its best…

and if they do a bad job, we can have no confidence vote. plus bad guys should get elected or you have only yourself to blame. Lets say the admins can also act as election comission so that booth capturing doesn’t take place.
Your thts are welcome.. i will elaborate more based on your feedbacks

great idea iam in for it.

Lol!

not a bad idea i say.

whadda the Admins think of this?

^^ Lol the admin made the post.


@safin: I register my protest :face_with_tongue: lame idea if you ask me. Aree it’ll be additional workload for the mods/gmods.

I guess we are pretty much a democratic place…

But seems like an idea worthy of taking a shot at :face_with_tongue:

I am with it :beer:

I agree with blade :face_with_tongue: :face_with_tongue:

Hmmm… I am with stupid :face_with_tongue:

Well yeah there are drawbacks but good aspects too to it. Thats why we have asked for public opinion to streamline the rules and all before it can be put in and implemented.

It seems interesting and if the workloads on the mods become too much, you can hire me as CEC :face_with_tongue:

But seriously, give it a try. If majority of mods feel the burden, then let us stop this. Priority is the running of a tech forum.

Will post more in more detail later in the night. Leaving now for the meet :face_with_tongue:

gr8 idea there safin,If the mods have no problem,im with it.

Im in :slight_smile: Nice idea

Umm…Can i sell my vote in the “For Sale” section?? LOL JK

Raghu.

Alright guys you all must have seen and observed how the different staff members at TE work. What is their style of moderating and replying to posts. Which sections are they more inclined towards.

Now based on all that we want to run a survey to gauge the level of interest in this particular idea. So please answer a few questions and also any suggestions that you have.

  1. Under which gmod would you like to contest the election. Or would you like to form your own party.
  2. Which sections would you like to moderate.
  3. Which other fellow members would you like to see in your party.
  4. What do you think should be the ideal tenure for the party.
  5. What changes, if any, would you try to make towards the working of TE should you win the elections.

Since this is election the popularity is the only thing that gets you ahead and there is no need to be soft towards any gmod or fellow member. Moreover this survey may be used to decide the nominations so please be careful with what you choose.

Hey nice idea..how do you ensure none of the elected mods dont go rogue? :face_with_tongue:

I am against it.As of now we have enuff flamewars and would not want any additions with the mods flaming each other :face_with_tongue:

Seriously, I am used to being ruled by the Dictatorship that is the ‘Mod/Admin’ party :face_with_tongue: .

PPL doh..dont take my views too seriously, will you..lol.. :face_with_tongue: