Re: [bitcoin-dev] Three Month bitcoin-dev Moderation Review

2016-01-23 Thread Dave Scotese via bitcoin-dev
+1 The distinction we are making importantly requires that contributors provide readers with another thing to say in favor of something - another thing which is different than "X people support this instead of only X-1 people." Evidence trumps votes. On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Gavin via bit

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Three Month bitcoin-dev Moderation Review

2016-01-23 Thread Gavin via bitcoin-dev
> On Jan 23, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev > wrote: > > I would extend this to say that the technical explanation also should > contribute uniquely to the conversation; a +1 with an explanation > the last +1 gave isn't useful. Yes, comments should contribute to the discussion, w

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Three Month bitcoin-dev Moderation Review

2016-01-23 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 06:33:56AM +0100, xor--- via bitcoin-dev wrote: > So "+1"ing is OK as long as I provide a technical explanation of why I agree? > While I still think that this is too much of a restriction because it > prevents > peer-review, I would say that I could live with it as a last

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Three Month bitcoin-dev Moderation Review

2016-01-23 Thread xor--- via bitcoin-dev
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 03:14:47 PM Rusty Russell wrote: > +1s here means simpling say "+1" or "me too" that carries no additional > information. ie. if you like an idea, that's great, but it's not worth > interruping the entire list for. > > If you say "I prefer proposal X over Y because "