Queen Bee votes FOR

(Can we assume I am in favor of my own proposal so QB votes “with” me?)

Miss Laziness votes FOR

(Nope)

In that case Queen Bee says “nevermind”.

Actually (not that it matters so much, but) I looked up the rules regarding self-voting, and it says in Votable Matters:

“Additionally, if the author of a Votable Matter has not used a valid voting icon in a comment to the post, then the author’s Vote is FOR.”

Which seems to mean that QB (same for similar friends) could actually vote on my proposal whether or not I use an icon or state a position, which I could chose to do.

Am I looking at it the wrong way?

I don’t think it matters so much for this particular proposal, but I’d like to be certain in the future.

I think QB can’t be the author of a proposal, so if shw wants to vote, she must do it explicitly.

Casper saying “Queen Bee votes FOR” is explicit, isn’t it? Queen Bee deferring to the proposer’s automatic FOR vote seems fine to me.

Then how do we distinguish QB’s deferring from QB’s abstention?

Not sure I see your angle here. As I’m reading it, QB deferring is Caspar proposing something and posting a comment of “Queen Bee (agrees with me and) votes FOR”; QB abstaining is Caspar proposing something, but deciding not to post a QB vote comment.

Are we reading “defers to” differently? I’m assuming it’s meant in the same context as a deferential vote.

Ah, I thought Casper was asking if he needed to explicitly vote on behalf of QB, his vote is implied since he’s the author, but QB’s is not

Sparkles the Cat votes FOR.