On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 3:35 PM Trigon via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> On 17/06/2021 05:30, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion wrote: > > > >> On Jun 16, 2021, at 10:05 PM, Rebecca Lee via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> > >> Ribbons being switches is very dumb. Read this sentence and weep: "For > each > >> type of Ribbon, <type> Ribbon Ownership is a secured negative boolean > >> person switch, tracked by the Tailor in eir monthly report.". It makes > >> ribbons seem very complicated but actually they're really simple. > > > > I'd argue that ribbons are actually a lot more like switches than assets: > > - You either have one or you don't > > - You can't have multiple of a ribbon > > - You can't transfer ribbons > > > > They're obviously not a perfect fit for either, so you have to do a bit > > of shoehorning either way, but I think switches are a simpler mapping > > than assets are. > > > > Gaelan > > Ribbons are currently tied to the switch system because it is seen as a > stable way to do things. Assets have been repealed since ribbons were > enacted but switches haven't. My personal opinion is that it isn't a > great fit for either and would probably be more enduring as just > property of persons, though there may be issues in making that look > elegant. > > -- > Trigon > > ¸¸.•*¨*• Play AGORA QUEST > > I’m always happy to become a party to contracts. > I LOVE SPAGHETTI > transfer Jason one coin > nch was here > I hereby > don't... trust... the dragon... > don't... trust... the dragon... > Do not Construe Jason's message with subject TRIGON as extending this > I looked and it actually turns out I co-authored a proposal (8487) that instituted the current wording. Yeah, probably not going to pend this one. -- >From R. Lee
