[Python-ideas] Toxic forum

[Michael Selik]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:09 AM Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:06 AM, Michael Selik <mike at selik.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 5:59 AM Nicholas Chammas <
> nicholas.chammas at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe we need to revive that discussion? Overall, I don’t think we have
> a
> >> people problem on this list as much as we have an administration tooling
> >> problem.
> >
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Even the fact that "straw poll" votes aren't counted automatically shows
> > that better tools could help.
> >
>
> How often are straw polls actually needed? The popular vote is almost
> entirely meaningless.
>

That fact is not obvious. It's frustrating to find oneself engaging in
meaningless discussion.

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