How much time will D1 be around?

[Bill Baxter]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Brad Roberts <braddr at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> Frits van Bommel wrote:
>> > Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> > > Brad Roberts wrote:
>> > > > Ok, enabled for the D product.  Each registered user has 10 votes and
>> > > > can vote only once per bug.
>> > >
>> > > What is the motivation behind limiting the total number of votes a user
>> > > may have? I think that may blunt the statistics a bit.
>> >
>> > Presumably it's to force you to only vote for the ones you consider most
>> > important.
>> > This way you may not be able to vote for every issue you ever ran into and
>> > instead have to pick the ones that bug you most (no pun intended). In
>> > theory, this could lead to more meaningful results, especially as time
>> > passes.
>>
>> Hmmm... If a user has unlimited votes they can't manipulate the system. Say
>> they vote 1 for every single bug. That simply means an additional bias is in
>> the system, which does not influence the ranking.
>>
>> So the limit of 10 is really an arbitrary cap on the number of bugs a given
>> person can consider important.
>>
>> As time passes, this only gets worse. Say I "consumed" my 10 votes. Then I
>> find a showstopper for my code. Well I need to decide which of the other bugs
>> I don't "care" for anymore. Why do I need to make that decision?
>>
>> Don't introduce arbitrary aperture windows in the system. Let the statistics
>> do its work.
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Do you have more than 10 you want to vote for?  It's not a cap on how many
> are important.  It's a cap on how many you can suggest are the ones that
> time should most urgently be spent on.
>
> Anyway, like I said, I'll change it if there's sufficient interest and so
> far there clearly hasn't been. :)

I like the limit of 10 better than not having a limit.  I'd like it
even more if I could cast multiple votes for a single issue.  (For
instance, The StackOverflow UserVoice site's voting system lets you
cast up to 3 of your votes for a particular issue.)

--bb