Addressing some concerns about development prioritization and which features get implemented when

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@Oshyan

I am trying to help you (and ideally others) understand why some decisions are made

And you did it brilliantly. I understand very well the reasons of not pursuing this discussion further upstream, whose subjects have notably come to a very explicit conclusion, thanks to you.
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@Oshyan

Perhaps you see that not everyone likes to take this speculative approach by the fairly low participation in both topics.

I will definitely dive into your proposals, but concerning this one :

Databases, spreadsheets, and tables - a meta discussion

A really interesting discussion started up in Telegram, and it felt far too in-depth and important to let it disappear over time there. So I’m continuing it here, and will be quoting and responding to the key messages of that discussion here. I hope everyone will continue discussing all of this here as I think it’s quite interesting and important. This is an interesting perspective, but I don’t agree. I think simple tables are absolutely necessary/useful, at the very least for simple aesthetic…

I’m afraid its “TLDR” aspect was detrimental to it
This too may look as a time sink for some. I guess it also helps to see the level of involvement and curiosity people have
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@Oshyan

I’m just saying that your conviction about it is not, in itself, convincing.

Touché! But in my defense your initial statement in relation to the “Vote limits” was

@Oshyan

though I certainly understand the theory behind them.

So I haven’t really tried to convince you.
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@Oshyan

my idea, which was that a “like” would count for 1 “point” in internal feedback weights, and a “vote” could count for more, perhaps 3 or 5 “points”. If you’d like to put in your support for the idea, I welcome it.

This is indeed a very good compromise. I would love to support your proposal, but you haven’t indicated this topic of yours. Which one is it?
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@Oshyan

This is… an interesting straw man.

I have corrected what I said about the portraiture of Coca-Cola because I had mistakenly said the opposite of what I meant
Of course I meant to say “Their success does not exempt them from making good ecological, ethical and moral choices.”
I am not a native English speaker and I must admit that the use of the word “straw” in this context puzzles me. The Urban dictionary doesn’t help me either. I guess that implies that the argument is either peremptory or too inappropriate, so to be sure could you please briefly explain to me the subtext?
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@Oshyan

We are arguing about how best to handle votes. To what degree will it affect the outcome? If it is small, a difference of 10-20% of “accuracy”, then it is frankly not worth debating endlessly.

The Pareto’s Principle proves you right. But usually I would have gone much further in my thinking. Until now I have tried to not waste too much of your time
I think we can both agree that there are some issues that will remain in disagreement, and that’s Ok. As you implied, the whole point is to give more perspective.