Re: [PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

> The way voting works now, I happen to know which option is "winning". I > happened to know that *before* I cast my vote. The current results are > posted on the RFC, and the same information percolated into emails > encouraging folks to vote. I wonder, though, if knowing which was "leading" > a

Re: [PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

On 26/07/14 02:42, Bishop Bettini wrote: > So I'm all for open information. My point is about human factors. When the > results are listed alongside the argument, the results themselves *become > part of the argument*. That is the nature of the bandwagon effect. *The > brain treats the results as

Re: [PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

Hello all. TL;DR: Tweak how the voting is displayed to address some minor human factor concerns: (1) Keep all existing functionality. (2) On RFC page, show my vote stuff at top, and collapse the current results table just below my voting stuff. (3) With one click, expand the current results. Sampl

Re: [PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

Hi! > The way voting works now, I happen to know which option is "winning". I > happened to know that *before* I cast my vote. The current results are > posted on the RFC, and the same information percolated into emails > encouraging folks to vote. I wonder, though, if knowing which was "leading

Re: [PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

On 25 July 2014 12:17, Bishop Bettini wrote: > I just voted on the next release name . If > you have, too: thank you. If you haven't, I encourage you to do so. > > The way voting works now, I happen to know which option is "winning". I > happened to know that *bef

Re: [PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

On 25/07/2014 13:17, Bishop Bettini wrote: > I propose that a poll's results tabulation be hidden until after the poll > closes to avoid this Bandwagon Effect > . Otherwise, how do we know > the vote reflects just the presented arguments instead of th

[PHP-DEV] On voting, including the next release name.

I just voted on the next release name . If you have, too: thank you. If you haven't, I encourage you to do so. The way voting works now, I happen to know which option is "winning". I happened to know that *before* I cast my vote. The current results are posted on