How much time will D1 be around?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> 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.)

Upon more thinking, I feel it is interesting to start with a capped 
number of votes. And yes, I agree the freedom of "concentrating" one's 
capital on certain bugs should help.

Andrei