Board Thread:Petitions/@comment-28083312-20180322210100/@comment-28083312-20180412125953

Royalbaby wrote: k i suggest really getting to know both admins better so you will have a more justified opinion The newcomer has grasped the point of this vote better than most of the veterans in this thread, & so I am hopeful for their future here. The reason why it is a month long is so that people can watch each candidate in the present, not the past. If a candidate is good, surely they will be good now as they have previously. Their contributions can be judged in real time, & you’ve all been given time aplenty to observe, meet, work with, & come to know the candidates you are to be voting on. Instead we argue about past contributions, each person already has their minds made up, & suddenly there is less reasons for the candidates to actually show off because there’s no point trying to convince people who won’t change their minds. This long vote is supposed to be more of a trial than a debate. You should be learning, observing, keeping your minds open to the possibilities & working with both candidates so that you may know firsthand each of their merits. Rather than shutting your ears & opening your mouths, listen & observe what each candidate does. Do what Aysha has done; rather than sitting complaining about how little you know one candidate, actually go talk to them & fix that; you have weeks. Hell, to all the editors here, you could be getting together doing projects with any given candidate, rather than sifting through old news. There are many better, productive ways to use this thread, & I suggest people explore them.