RE: Feedback Wanted: 4 Week Power Down
The for and against convention is a good idea, though I don't think a set "result" date is really needed. The purpose is really to get a 'sense' of stakeholder sentiment and that changes over time too. Even if the 'result date' says one thing, by the time a fork got implemented, deployed and was ready to activate, stakeholder consensus could be different. IMO, if the balance of sentiment is so close that it requires a careful rule to determine the winner, there is no real consensus either way and it probably makes sense to continue working to try to build one.
Yeah I agree with some of the comments about SPS not being an ideal polling system, but it is the best we have and creating something only a little bit better would be a lot of work for a small payoff. It would also risk having even lower participaton by splitting up attention into more and more separate voting systems.
I agree a result date isn't strictly needed, I just think it could be a useful way to have a clear point in time from which to discuss the results, mainly one that is not too early.
As far as consensus changes after that point, I agree they shouldn't be ignored. I almost said similar things in my original comment, so I'm glad you brought this up. Instead of calling it a determination date, maybe it's better to phrase it as an initial consensus date.
"Initial consensus date" makes sense. It is somewhat similar to having a delayed start date on funding, to give people a chance to get votes in place first.
Yes, I also think it's "good enough" with the "two proposal" method. Good enough because a) it's non-binding to begin with and b) because I agree it's not worth the effort to create something better.
@thecryptodrive, would you be willing to make a mirror SPS proposal to your 4-week one, so we could collect stakeholder votes against the change?
IMO it would help reduce confusion to make the proposal look as much like the other one as possible, except being against the change rather than for it.
Clearly the "for" proposal has a head start in terms of gaining votes, but over a bit of time we should be still able to assess the voting to a large extent, even if not perfectly.
I'm am somewhat concerned that without a clear method of voting/polling, the issue will be clouded by: a) people making the most noise in threads being given undue weight relative to stake, and b) the views of people who are less comfortable following and participating in discussions in English not being considered, even if they may have large stake.
yeah sure