2016 Worldbuilding Moderator Election - 2016-02-12

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6:33 AM

1. HDE 226868: 157 (165 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 148 (155 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (153 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 89 (94 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 53 (61 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 36 (40 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

most are moving +/- 1-2... but for the purpose of the primary, I got a -1 and Samuel got a +1.... So we're only one vote apart.

2 hours later…

8:20 AM

Yeah, one vote could swing that...

his, actually

Especially if Samuel still has a +1 on you...

yes, that's what I meant. I suppose he does. Or he removed it and I got an upvote... but no, I think he does

by the way, the primary stops today at 20:00 UTC, right?

8:37 AM

1. HDE 226868: 157 (165 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 148 (155 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (153 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 89 (94 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 53 (61 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 36 (40 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

9:12 AM

@bilbo_pingouin yep. that's right

1 hour later…

10:37 AM

1. HDE 226868: 158 (166 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 149 (156 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 146 (154 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 89 (94 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 36 (40 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

A few upvotes...

it does not have much impact, but I think Art' might overpass Michael

10:49 AM

yeah AoC vs Michael and Samuel vs Bilbo are the only ones not settled I think. Maybe Monica vs me but for the most part anyone upvoting one of us seems to upvote both.

well in the last hours the volume of votes have really slowed down, but I think Daaaah could still make it (4 votes difference isn't completely unthinkable)...

2 hours later…

12:39 PM

1. HDE 226868: 158 (166 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 149 (156 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 146 (154 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 90 (95 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 74 (83 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 46 (54 up, -8 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 37 (41 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 34 (50 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 31 (37 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 8 (18 up, -10 down)

12:49 PM

$>cat Current users {{getcurrentusers}}

hm... seems Karma is here, but does not answer. Ok, not important :-)

1 hour later…

2:02 PM

Mornin, folks!

hi :)

Afternoon :)

morning. @SerbanTanasa see you've caught up to only 5 behind

(me)

yeah, night trends seem to have reversed

yep

2:04 PM

it will be interesting from a US perspective to have an election start on Friday evening before a long weekend

Here in DC we only release stuff we don't want anyone to know about Friday afternoon at 4pm

yep. A lot of US votes are probably going to be Monday morning

Some public holiday in US?

it's a long weekend

President's day

oh ya, that's right.

I don't have a government job

neither do i, but i get all the perks, since we often work for govt folks

2:06 PM

nice.

but working in a government town, what else would you expect?

i might be moving to the states over the next 2 - 3 years (i'm canadian)

the powers which employers have over their employees scares me a little bit

I feel we have more rights (and also holidays) in Canada

2:23 PM

Everyone has more time off than us in the US.

as far as 1st world countries I mean

@bowlturner is it really? Japanese and Chinese aren't spending their time in holidays neither...

i value my government holidays

such as this coming up monday! Booya!

well .. it's provincial, not federal, but it still counts :P

@bilbo_pingouin true, though I'm not sure if China is considered 1st world yet?

@bilbo_pingouin - China is def not "1st world", even though they're one of the largest economies around

and Japan I think just doesn't use them, they still have them don't they?

2:25 PM

I did not see the 1st World part when I wrote my message ;)

as far as Japan and South Korea are concerned they are not "Western" countries, even though they are first world

AFAIK, in Japan, they have like two weeks of holidays

and I have seen Japanese working 6.5 days a week... from 7:00 to 22:00...

right, I think they have just as much if not more than the US, they just have a workaholic culture that barely allows time to sleep

So it's a status of how much you DON'T use

basically, yes

i can see how it would benefit the people at the top, not the common employee

the Japanese nobility were brilliant to set that culture up

yep burn them out, there are plenty more where they came from!

2:30 PM

as a matter of fact, Japanese spend a lot of time at work. Saying that they work all that time does not reflect the full reality of things

of course not

but at the same time

one of my best friends (for 13 years) is Korean, and what he describes to me as their study/work culture sounds like freakin' slavery to me

he would never, ever go back there

true, but they having to spend 4 hours after 'work' with people from work, and not with friends or family would be terrible

why do you think Japanese have such a well established drinking at/after work culture?

people are miserable

I'm an introvert. I need to go home to my retreat in the woods and be alone. If you want me to be useful again

and I'm not the one saying that - watched a documentary about it

retreat in the woods? that sounds divine

i'm not that much of an introvert, but i do love the woods

2:33 PM

I bought a place on the river surrounded by woods. I love the quiet

1. HDE 226868: 159 (167 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 150 (157 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 146 (154 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 91 (96 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 37 (41 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 34 (50 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 12 (19 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 9 (19 up, -10 down)

Tim and Michael are escaping, whereas Serban is closing in

good zombie apocalypse location? :P

at our end, Daaaah is also closing in

i'd be sorry to see you fall from 10th place, bilbo

@AndreiROM not a bad one

2:36 PM

lol, nice

@AndreiROM well thanks. Though I think Samuel and Daaaah deserve it about as much as I do :-)

i live in a 500K+ city - i'd be shuffling along looking for brains within 24 hrs :P

Election question: Is there an example of someone being at the bottom in primary actually getting the diamond?

And as of zombie apocalypse: I live in 1200 people big village. Big farm near the river :)

Well, I don't know. This is the first one I've really paid attention to

@PavelJanicek I doubt that would happen too often, but each election is different.. for one, there are 4 spots here. When there are typically less (see SFF, SO, etc.)

but in our case there are 3 almost sure to be elected... so it's down to 6 persons for 1 place :)

2:56 PM

Well...I'm being careful not to make any assumptions. We may have a 50% vote bump in the primaries but that doesn't mean we'll get the same in the election proper. Especially if people think we're in for sure and don't vote for us

may the odds be forever in your favor :)

I figure I'll vote for one person that I feel really SHOULD be in and then worry about the other two votes (though I'm pretty sure of 2 of my 3 votes)

But actually not sure of the order I want to vote in either.

I think I know who I'm voting for

really I want 5 votes though

or 6

in fact 10, give me 10 votes

lol

sounds fair, lol

we may endu p with more mods than users though :P

We'll give you nine votes Tim, who you going to leave out? ;)

3:00 PM

This happened to me in one online game

I'll leave out @bowlturner for being mean and giving me 9 votes

Just before the game mechanics got reset to new "Age", everyone got set as "army general"

lol

can i be an army general? :P

@TimB I almost said we'd give you nine votes but you can't vote for yourself! ;)

@bowlturner - I'd vote for myself 9 times :P

3:03 PM

@AndreiROM at least then you'd have 9 votes! ;P~~

ooo, burn

4:01 PM

bastard :P

4:22 PM

I see bowlturner is in full politician mode, getting the voters on his side :p

ha, you jumped in for a while too!

all's fair in love and war

or, in this case, elections

Health care vs health insurance is one of my triggers...

should I ask...?

ah it's going on in main chat. I'm not mad, just passionate.

4:32 PM

ok... but on mobile phone it isn't easy to get in... I'll read it up later :-)

I was actually returning to burning @AndreiROM @bowlturner :)

ah! too much politics going on today! :)

@bowlturner - you should check your downvote count again :P

4:57 PM

@SerbanTanasa is now only 3 behind me

5:13 PM

Deciding is hard. It's pretty obvious who my first vote's going to, but then I have twice the number of remaining possibles than the number of votes.

5:27 PM

I'm saddened by the prospect of losing access to some tools when the site receives its final design

I heard rep requirements would go up for a number of privileges

@AndreiROM For all of them, pretty much. They'll change to the same levels as SO has.

i might be out of luck then

I haven't even hit 7K yet

I get to keep my close votes and editing, which is the important bit.

I should be OK for that at 7k, right ?

Yeah. 3k is close votes.

10k is viewing deleted posts and deleting questions, which is the next important one.

20k is deleting answers, which... is overrated.

5:35 PM

@ArtOfCode Dunno, I've found that useful.

@HDE226868 Yeah, but if you'd vote to delete, you can just flag. The delay is slightly longer, but the effect is the same.

God, I wish I'd get to 20K rep

@ArtOfCode Maybe, but I find delete votes more satisfying.

@HDE226868 True that

the way it's going it'll be a year or more until I hit that

5:39 PM

We will lose a lot of community moderation once the privilege levels do up, though.

It won't be too bad, but it will be a loss.

Sounds like even more of a load for newly elected mods :)

@Samuel A little, for a while.

@bowlturner, only 3 votes now...

5:55 PM

ya, I told you an hour ago...

#war_drums_in_the_distance

or better #aredsunrises

@bowlturner, oh yeah, you did. I was out for lunch.

Must resist...

haha

6:58 PM

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 34 (50 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

yeah Serban and Bowlturner are close, Michale and AoC close, I think bilbo might have secured that 10 spot

last graph:

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:)

It seems like @bilbo_pingouin actually made it

T-50

15 entrants, did we have 4 withdrawals?

no its 19 still

expand my list, hohman is doing the graph by hand so only doing the top ones

positive score only?

7:11 PM

top 15

positive also includes @Jim2B

He had never climbed above 0 before, so I had not updated my index

T-45: Bot armies are now in preliminary deployment staging areas

are we counting down to Armageddon?

yep

I am counting up to armageddon actually...

I started a really really long time ago

T-40

7:20 PM

It looks like positions 1-3 seem fairly certain, the 4th spot could be open to competition

I think spots 1-3 might be more shaky than you think

Only if the voting goes in...interesting directions.

we shall see

@AndreiROM ooooooh mysterious

i know, right?

7:23 PM

$>say

Oh. It is deactivated here

@Hohmannfan Yeah, it's not running here at all.

Any last words from the candidates?

@ArtOfCode But it is listed in the corner

@Hohmannfan Yeah, it was, a couple days ago

I'm looking at getting it up here again

user153821

Bot started.

7:29 PM

@KarmaBot, what do you think of the current situation?

user153821

@ArtOfCode I have 2-3 more of the BH books floating around my house that I'll eventually cave in and read

Right I'm ofski - gonna miss it in 31 minutes but be around in a couple of hours to cast my votes :)

good luck everyone o/

$>cat last words about the candidates: {{say}}

user153821

@Hohmannfan last words about the candidates: iCharger - it really blows.

T-30 Voting sock-puppet accounts ramp-up complete

7:32 PM

shouldn't it be counted like M-30 ?

I mean you usually count D-5 for days, H-3 for hours, and then M-30 for minutes?

Or T-1800

M for moderator !

yeah, then it should be E for election

makes sense

NS - 1.7843453e12

7:34 PM

nanosec?

that's far too many numbers for a friday afternoon

@bilbo_pingouin, it's amazing how few downvotes you have! :)

it would be a shame if ...

shame indeed

what a nice 10th place standing you have there

pity if something were to happen to it

how many minutes left now ?

7:38 PM

NS - 1.32e+12

what are minutes?

It would be a pity, then you'd be stuck with me in the top ten.

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

hmmm

what was the sock-puppet account password ?

Serban, you don't have many more downvotes than I do ;-)

@AndreiROM 1234567890987654321

7:42 PM

i thought it was "Password1"

but I may have changed it to "1Password"

Password1! (upper case, number, symbol)

sockbot1, sockbot2, sockbot3 etc.

i always forget the symbol

T-15 Initiating Turing-test spoofers

very fancy

7:46 PM

yeah, WB has real security, it's not like the Romanian police DB

"Hello it's Col. Popescu, I forgot my password"

did something recently happen or something ?

i don't keep up with Romanian news

far too depressing

I remember about 6 - 8 months ago one city ordered 20+ police cars with no sirens, or lights, and the individual officers had to go out and buy the parts for their cars

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 35 (51 up, -16 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

not much change

wow -16 for Samuel!!

that's some strong feelings there

what's the countdown at?

T-10 Arming Bayesian Image Sorters

7:51 PM

i'm reasonably sure that's just gibberish

$>utc

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:51:54 2016

M-8

any last minute votes?

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:53:08 2016

7:53 PM

we will see... I mean in the previous minutes, there wasn't much

T-5 Firing up AWS Cloud Memory-Optimized AMI for Brute Force Sock-Puppet Takeover

shoot this stuff is expensive!

Sock-Puppet Takeover seems like a contradiction in terms

sock puppets don't seem very .. threatening

I'm not satisfied with using just my thousand accounts

$>utc

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:54:57 2016

7:54 PM

T-5 Arming sockpuppet defense systems. Status: Online. Initial targeting data: {SerbanTanasa, AndreiROM}.

(and I'm a Sock of @TimB, if you recall)

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

@SerbanTanasa I KNEW IT !

@SerbanTanasa That explains the smell

oh shooot

7:56 PM

Hah, you'll be defeated.

1 min ago, by StackExchange

T-5 Arming sockpuppet defense systems. Status: Online. Initial targeting data: {SerbanTanasa, AndreiROM}.

@bilbo_pingouin Think I should reverse my upvote and take the lead?

there seems to be something off with the calibration

@Samuel up to you... could do the same ;)

@StackExchange has caught you :)

T-3 Deploying emergency ArtofCode countermeasures

mayday mayday

7:57 PM

Won't do much against the system itself :)

$>utc

user153821

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:57:37 2016

Oh no, Aify took over the botnet

@bilbo_pingouin Naw, you might actually have a chance in the final elections.

user153821

acquiring target...

user153821

7:58 PM

aims missiles at @SerbanTanasa

Break left, break left

deploy chaff

1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

90 seconds.

Tell my wife

...

$>utc

user153821

7:58 PM

@bilbo_pingouin Fri Feb 12 19:58:55 2016

60.

user image

NS 3e7

wait

user153821

The Election phase of Worldbuilding's 2016 election has started! Cast your votes from the election page.

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1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

last before ^^^

8:00 PM

how long have you had that picture prepared?

Voted!

Me too!

@Samuel, thanks for your fairplay. And really sorry that you got that many downvotes. FWIW, you had my upvote.

@AndreiROM Honestly I just did a really quick spur of the moment search

@bilbo_pingouin I'm probably less awful than people think.

5

8:02 PM

voted

voted

@Samuel I'm sure you are.

@Samuel Probably maybe.

Oh look stars

:)

"My God, It's full of stars!"

8:04 PM

Its been a long time since I saw an election, do we have any idea where the results stand during or do we just wait for the end?

Is it just me, or are Aify's bots slowing down the site

voted

@James none at all, except any impressions you get in chat.

@James, I think we are in the dark until Monday

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Constituent badges: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/badges/81/constituent

19 voted already ^^^

8:07 PM

I'm so torn on who to vote for

man...I was at a nice even 30 silvers

I'ma wait until near the end, me thinks

Hey @MonicaCellio

at which point I'll be accepting bribes

the big shiny "upload" button

Final standings:
1. HDE 226868: 161 (169 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 152 (159 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 145 (154 up, -9 down)
4. bowlturner: 95 (106 up, -11 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 92 (97 up, -5 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 75 (84 up, -9 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 71 (82 up, -11 down)
8. James: 54 (62 up, -8 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (53 up, -9 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 38 (42 up, -4 down)
11. Samuel: 37 (52 up, -15 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 32 (38 up, -6 down)
13. JDługosz: 13 (20 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 10 (20 up, -10 down)

8:08 PM

Thanks to everybody who stood for election, knowing that only ten could go on. We have a wealth of strong candidates, more than the ten on the ballot. You all make this community strong.

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@SerbanTanasa lol nice

And @Samuel -- so close! Ouch.

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Kind of boring...

oh and incidentally, until TimB get around voting:

8:10 PM

34 voters

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Silver FTW

@SerbanTanasa ah ah ah ah :D

@SerbanTanasa no blow-by-blow results like in the primary. Tuesday at UTC 20:00 we all find out what happened.

@MonicaCellio That's honestly kinda nice.

@James hey, happy Friday!

@James yeah. We're now in the secret-ballot phase of the election. Vote, go have a nice weekend, and just wait. :-)

8:13 PM

Mang, Tuesday! That's like, foreveer.

@MonicaCellio Oh Ill be doing more than waiting...we are having my five year old's birthday party this weekend.

:)

that will be somewhat relaxing... as we can only wait

@James cool, have fun!

@MonicaCellio There will be a star wars pinata...

which...in a way seems wrong.

does it look like the death star?

8:16 PM

I never once saw a taco served in a star wars cantina

@AndreiROM unfortunately not.

that would have been very appropriate

it could have rained out little lego storm-troopers

and death, of course

...that would make my kids head explode in sheer joy

...he has a bit of a lego problem, I am considering getting an intervention banner ready just in case.

@James depends -- what are they hitting? A death-star pinata would be fitting!

@James there's no such thing as a lego problem

only lego solutions

OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out (Lyrics Video)

8:27 PM

56 voters...

@MonicaCellio Yeah it was close. And I voted for @bilbo_pingouin, so it was also in my grasp, though not within my moral system.

@Samuel right. Upvoting other candidates on their own merits, without regard to what it does to the standings, is the right thing to do. And the two of you voted for each other, if I understand correctly, so you both did the right thing.

@MonicaCellio Naturally.

out of curiosity, what would have happened if someone had withdrawn their vote for bilbo and tied them?

I have upvoted Samuel and DaaaahWoosh... because they deserved it, regardless of any race or competition

@AndreiROM reputation, so Samuel would have been selected

8:33 PM

@AndreiROM Yeah, it would have then been based on reputation.

I'm glad no one did that. It would have looked mighty suspicious on me.

8:53 PM

Oh by the way there is apparently no search safe from NSFW content btw. I searched for "I voted" and a picture of strategically placed stickers on a woman's chest came up...

I find it interesting to see the names of the 74 people who voted so far

@James imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rule_34.png

@Samuel Exactly, hahahaha.

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10:06 PM

98 voters so far, if it follows the same pattern as the primaries I expect the numbers to fall off fairly fast

in total we've got around 1500 people eligible to vote, just under 600 have actually visited the election page at some point

do we get a way to know how many people participated in the primary?

@TimB it's usually ~30% turnout, so expect ~400-500 voters

I can see how many visited, not how many different people voted

however we do have a minimum

up+down votes of HDE is a minimum

indeed

177

10:09 PM

but it is possible, though probably not that many, that some visited without voting for HDE...

Do we know how many were puppets?

puppets? Socks? Minions? or are they all the same?

Non-independent entities.

Unlikely to be many if any :)

Is it inappropriate if I just make a sock account for fun?

I know it is not a good idea, but what legitimate reasons exist?

10:18 PM

The mods can see IPs, right? So they'll know at least.

We can see IPs and have other tools to spot socks etc

@Hohmannfan It's not against the rules so long as you don't start voting for yourself with it etc

And it is probably a good idea to ask for permission first. And clearly state that the account is a sock

Is the opposite of one person with many accounts common? Like many persons using the same account?

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Q: How should sockpuppets be handled on Stack Exchange?

So a high-reputation, highly-active user has already been dinged once for a sockpuppet, and I just dinged him again. He probably has another sockpuppet as well. What are the guidelines for handling users who game the system in this fashion? Specifically, How can I be sure I'm looking at a soc...

discussion moderation sock-puppets moderator-faq

There's the sock policy

@Hohmannfan well that's pretty hard to notice...

10:57 PM

could some of you write here the number of constituents badges every now and then?

we could see the evolution of the votes later

11:38 PM

Voted.

[I had a busy afternoon.]

~136 Constituents.

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