Monday, April 02, 2012

DRAFT Closed for Repairs

When an Institution is modified, its modified text is listed below its current text, prefixed by the text “Will Become:” When an institution is created, it becomes Unpowered. When a new Cycle begins, any Institution which is not Disconnected become Powered, takes on its modified text. All other Institutions become Unpowered.

Modifying an institution shouldn’t shut it down for a cycle - the changes should just be delayed. If people think something is also broken, they can include unpowering it in their proposals, but the current situation hurt those that direct early. The wording is weak and ambiguous - but I wanted to get reaction on the concept.

posted by southpointingchariot at 02 Apr 2012 13:45:58 UTC Comments (4)

Comments

Purplebeard:

03-04-2012 07:43:45 UTC

You have proposal slots.

Cpt_Koen:

03-04-2012 15:56:19 UTC

I think the precautionary principle dictates that you make it explicit that the “will become” text is not a rule and currently has no effect.

Yonah:

05-04-2012 01:28:13 UTC

Personally I have no problem with the current rule. This seems like an unnecessary complication.

southpointingchariot:

05-04-2012 15:15:14 UTC

@Yonah, the idea here is that the current system punishes those that influence early, as they cannot react to modified insitutions.