https://secondlife.com/vote/index.php?get_id=477
Feature Detail:
Since voting started, Linden Labs has only Acknowledged/Can't Do 10 proposals, all of which (according to those proposals) were created on the 13th or 14th, which is shortly after voting started.
As I write this, the highest proposal number is #476... the most recent LL response was to proposal #124, a prop clearly meant to be something of a joke (the pony prop), and the previous one was 113, which clearly wasn't a joke (the proposal URL prop). Proposal #6, created on 4-13-2005, is still in limbo, without so much a recorded comment from Linden Labs.
There are currently 9 proposals with over 500 votes for them, some controversial, some fairly straight forward.
To the point:
1.) I believe that proposals should have a certain lifetime where LL MUST either Approve, Disapprove, or Extend the proposal. I propose this be at MOST 30 days. If a proposal is worth posting, it should be worth people getting out and pounding pavement to get other voters interested in their proposal. Each proposal should only be allowed one (1) extension of 30 more days, and LL should comment on why the extension is justified.
2.) If LL does not Approve, Disapprove, or Extend, proposals should automatically die if they have less than a certain minimum of votes. I propose this be no FEWER than 200 votes.
3.) Votes that reach at least 500 votes should immediately receive LL comment, even if not an outright Approve or Deny. Proposals with this many votes are tying up a lot of people's voting power and they deserve to know if it's worth keeping their voting power tied up.
To sum it up: The voting system is great, users are making use of it to try to be heard, but so far, there's very little evidence we're being listened to. These three little things would help keep the system moving and alive instead of just becoming a graveyard of mostly pet peeves interspersed with a few good ideas.
Since voting started, Linden Labs has only Acknowledged/Can't Do 10 proposals, all of which (according to those proposals) were created on the 13th or 14th, which is shortly after voting started.
As I write this, the highest proposal number is #476... the most recent LL response was to proposal #124, a prop clearly meant to be something of a joke (the pony prop), and the previous one was 113, which clearly wasn't a joke (the proposal URL prop). Proposal #6, created on 4-13-2005, is still in limbo, without so much a recorded comment from Linden Labs.
There are currently 9 proposals with over 500 votes for them, some controversial, some fairly straight forward.
To the point:
1.) I believe that proposals should have a certain lifetime where LL MUST either Approve, Disapprove, or Extend the proposal. I propose this be at MOST 30 days. If a proposal is worth posting, it should be worth people getting out and pounding pavement to get other voters interested in their proposal. Each proposal should only be allowed one (1) extension of 30 more days, and LL should comment on why the extension is justified.
2.) If LL does not Approve, Disapprove, or Extend, proposals should automatically die if they have less than a certain minimum of votes. I propose this be no FEWER than 200 votes.
3.) Votes that reach at least 500 votes should immediately receive LL comment, even if not an outright Approve or Deny. Proposals with this many votes are tying up a lot of people's voting power and they deserve to know if it's worth keeping their voting power tied up.
To sum it up: The voting system is great, users are making use of it to try to be heard, but so far, there's very little evidence we're being listened to. These three little things would help keep the system moving and alive instead of just becoming a graveyard of mostly pet peeves interspersed with a few good ideas.
