In the discussion about the recent proposal to avoid Meeples who were making only wiki edits time out, some Meeples expressed the opinion that it’s desirable to encourage/force Meeples to participate in the proposal side of the game, and some expressed the opinion that Meeples should be encouraged to vote in order to prevent accidental timeouts.

So here’s an encouragement to vote, or at least comment, on proposals. It only applies to proposals that time out, so that active Meeples aren’t disadvantaged by proposals that are enacted or failed quickly while they are asleep (you always get 48 hours to respond, under this wording). The penalty is the same as the penalty for being slow to take your turn, i.e. it exists but isn’t major.