Announcing Beeminder for Anki

Meta aside: I’m not a fan of the 3-vote limit because you can express slightly richer preferences without it. For example, you can cast a vote for “anything but X”. I guess the idea with the limit is to have people be more thoughtful about what they really want most. But if the item with the most votes is what gets implemented first then voters already have incentive to limit what they vote on, to help their most favorites get ahead.

(Not actually a big deal, I just like nerding out about voting mechanisms and am of the opinion that you really can’t beat approval voting unless you involve money.)

PS: More nerding out: The voting strategy is then basically to vote for your true favorite and then if your true favorite doesn’t look like it has good chances, also vote for some (or all but one, if there happens to be one disaster of a popular candidate) of the popular candidates as well. No more agonizing about “wasting your vote” on a candidate you like who can’t realistically win. I’m talking to you, America.

Kind of amazing how simple a change this would be in political elections. Change “one person one vote” to “one person one ballot”. You get to fill in as many circles as you like. The candidate with the most votes is still the winner.

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