"If you're only prepared to make popular decisions as a leader though, then what is the point of leadership? It's not really leadership is it. It's just focus-grouping. It's just polling. Instead of laying out a platform, debating its merits, and pursuing a really distinct vision, you might as well just have a smartphone app or a website, on which everyone votes for every little policy."
#JakeTame, 2023
Quoted in Midweek #MediaWatch on #RNZ:
> a smartphone app or a website, on which everyone votes for every little policy
Sounds good to me. We could eliminate an expensive layer of besuited spokesmodels and PR spindoctors, who provide no real value to anyone but themselves. Instead, public servants could carry out whatever policies get a supermajority in a weekly of monthly batch of digital referenda.
#LiquidFeedback anyone?
@strypey but you might like this guy
https://dicksonreps.jigsy.com/thor-prohaska
I _believe_ he has actually written the software to do what you are describing
@leadegroot
> the software to do what you are describing
A whole bunch of digital decision-making software was written over the last decade, by groups inspired by Occupy (eg Loomio, DemocracyOS). Also for use in the Pirate Party moment, such as LiquidFeedback. One cool thing about LF is that it allows you to nominate someone to proxy vote for you. Either in general, or by portfolio (your proxy on transport issues to one person, on conservation issues to someone else).
@strypey
> nominate someone to proxy vote for you
ah, now that is getting more like what I was thinking of! :)
@leadegroot @strypey
> proxy vote for portfolio of issues
There is an algorithmic alternative based on pairwise choice, which interested me.
https://allourideas.org/
Threw up interesting patterns (just a few people voted)
@tetrislife
>vThere is an algorithmic alternative based on pairwise choice
I'm not familiar with "pairwise choice" but I'll have a look. I like what g0v did with Pol.is for vTaiwan too. So many intriguing models out there to learn from.
@leadegroot