Friday, January 30, 2015

Proposal: Tickertape Persuade

Reaches quorum and passes, 8-0. Josh

Adminned at 01 Feb 2015 08:41:44 UTC

To the rule “Demands”, add:-

Androids may submit Tickertapes to the Ship’s Computer, being comments intended in response to specific posts. At the Computer’s Discretion, it may post a Tickertape as a comment to the post in question, in its own name, and clearly flagged as a Tickertape. The Computer may make whatever edits to the text it wishes. Tickertapes which appear to be outside the scope of responding to a post or its comments, or which attempt to cast votes or take other game actions, should be ignored.

Might be useful for everyone if Androids could chime in on discussions (particular Demands) without giving themselves away; although I’m able to play devil’s advocate on their behalf, it can be difficult to do that neutrally when I know the secret gamestate.

posted by Kevan at 30 Jan 2015 17:53:00 UTC Comments (9)

Comments

Bucky:

30-01-2015 18:05:32 UTC

against  because it leaves too much Computer discretion.  If a Tickertape says “this proposal is bad”, I have no guarantee that an Android said anything resembling that, only that an Android attempted to say something.

Would DEF this if comments were either posted verbatim or rejected though.

Kevan: he/him

30-01-2015 18:14:38 UTC

This is really just a way to formalise something that I (or anyone!) could do already, of saying “hey Androids, just email me if you want me to say something on your behalf, but don’t try anything sneaky like voting icons”. I did consider just announcing that in a post, but it’s better to write these things down.

Not being able to confirm that Android posts aren’t misleading doesn’t seem like a problem. Might even be healthy if I was encouraged to fake messages, so that I could voice my own concerns in a disguised voice without having to worry about giving something away.

Josh: Observer he/they

30-01-2015 18:18:36 UTC

for

Sylphrena:

30-01-2015 18:34:06 UTC

for

Brendan: he/him

30-01-2015 18:47:29 UTC

for But just for the potential for Kevan to mess with our heads.

Darknight: he/him

30-01-2015 23:11:22 UTC

for

RaichuKFM: she/her

30-01-2015 23:39:17 UTC

for

Skju:

31-01-2015 01:21:49 UTC

for I trust Kevan to gamemaster this entertainingly.

Bucky:

31-01-2015 02:07:07 UTC

CoV imperial since Kevan will do this anyway if the proposal fails.