Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4984687-20150326211251/@comment-27007772-20150403182823

Madman97 wrote: Again, not sure why evidence is not necessary in this case. It was never my intention to offend any of you, and there was no indication I was speaking for the entire community, just my own opinion on why I thought abolishing voting is wrong. It's nothing to get upset over. And arguing for my own point does not mean I am unreasonable, I just find flaws in your argument that I try to point out but you refuse to answer it under the guise that I am a terrible user who doesn't contribute anything. Listen, I am sure we can find a compromise somewhere, but you gotta understand where I am coming from here. I get it from your point of view. It makes sense and it seems to work, but I am trying to use proper reasoning to tell you that voting is not as bad as you think. If you really wanted to convince me, you need to give a convincing argument that has the preponderance of factual evidence needed to support it instead of blind claims. I agree in some cases it has happened, and I won't deny that, but most of the time it seems to have gone alright. If you disagree, why isn't evidence necessary to actually prove it? My example is every pre-now administrator. They all were targetive pricks. Or the fact that I, myself was even able to pull the system and become a chat mod after only a few days of acting nice. Though I did do my job, it's very, very easy to get what you want in our system, as long as you have the connection.

In my standpoint, it should be a vote, but the nomination system should be abolished completely. Appliance is the best route. Who cares if it is a popularity contest? Because, honestly, major opinion is almost always the right way. The ones who are the best to do the work are often the most popular users. They're popular for a reason.