The fact is, it takes 75% of the voting community, a supermajority, to vote in an update. So, already, the pollinMany people take issue with the wording used for the recent bonds poll. The wording, admittedly, was very biased. This isn't the first time mods have been biased, as you can see by those "votes until sigils/Grand Exchange" counters, or even a couple of the "first look at new content" streams that precede their own polls (and where mods enthusiastically share content in a positive light). But...

The fact is, it takes 75% of the voting community, a supermajority, to vote in an update. So, already, the polling system itself is biased against any new update. We also don't get to directly decide what content is even polled (with the exception of the two PDC polls), as well, the mods propose content that they feel would be good for the game instead.

From this information we can infer that we've never truly had the power to vote, instead, we have the power to VETO.

ve·to ˈvēdō/ noun 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

In other words, the power we have is to reject what Jagex wants to put into the game; it is not to entirely decide what to put into the game ourselves and certainly not how the game is ran entirely. While we have had the power to vote before, the sort of voting has been limited to priority polls and player designed content polls (and just getting a winner, not passing the content itself). If we truly had the power to vote, all polls would be ran similarly to the PDC poll.

I feel like this is an important distinction to make. As for whether or not it should be this way? It should be, as mods people should be supportive of their own decisions.

TL;DR: Just because some of their information is biased doesn't mean it shouldn't be. It's how our system has always worked.

PS: Polls are passing by a very large margin, I doubt their wording would have matterMany people take issue with the wording used for the recent bonds poll. The wording, admittedly, was very biased. This isn't the first time mods have been biased, as you can see by those "votes until sigils/Grand Exchange" counters, or even a couple of the "first look at new content" streams that precede their own polls (and where mods enthusiastically share content in a positive light). But...

The fact is, it takes 75% of the voting community, a supermajority, to vote in an update. So, already, the polling system itself is biased against any new update. We also don't get to directly decide what content is even polled (with the exception of the two PDC polls), as well, the mods propose content that they feel would be good for the game instead.

From this information we can infer that we've never truly had the power to vote, instead, we have the power to VETO.

ve·to ˈvēdō/ noun 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

In other words, the power we have is to reject what Jagex wants to put into the game; it is not to entirely decide what to put into the game ourselves and certainly not how the game is ran entirely. While we have had the power to vote before, the sort of voting has been limited to priority polls and player designed content polls (and just getting a winner, not passing the content itself). If we truly had the power to vote, all polls would be ran similarly to the PDC poll.

I feel like this is an important distinction to make. As for whether or not it should be this way? It should be, as mods people should be supportive of their own decisions.

TL;DR: Just because some of their informationMany people take issue with the wording used for the recent bonds poll. The wording, admittedly, was very biased. This isn't the first time mods have been biased, as you can see by those "votes until sigils/Grand Exchange" counters, or even a couple of the "first look at new content" streams that precede their own polls (and where mods enthusiastically share content in a positive light). But...

The fact is, it takes 75% of the voting community, a supermajority, to vote in an update. So, already, the polling system itself is biased against any new update. We also don't get to directly decide what content is even polled (with the exception of the two PDC polls), as well, the mods propose content that they feel would be good for the game instead.

From this information we can infer that we've never truly had the power to vote, instead, we have the power to VETO.

ve·to ˈvēdō/ noun 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

In other words, the power we have is to reject what Jagex wants to put into the game; it is not to entirely decide what to put into the game ourselves and certainly not how the game is ran entirely. While we have had the power to vote before, the sort of voting has been limited to priority polls and player designed content polls (and just getting a winner, not passing the content itself). If we truly had the power to vote, all polls would be ran similarly to the PDC poll.

I feel like this is an important distinction to make. As for whether or not it should be this way? It should be, as mods people should be supportive of their own decisions.

TL;DR: Just because some of their information is biased doesn't mean it shouldn't be. It's how our system has always worked.

PS: Polls are passing by a very large margin, I doubt their wording would have mattered either way.Many people take issue with the wording used for the recent bonds poll. The wording, admittedly, was very biased. This isn't the first time mods have been biased, as you can see by those "votes until sigils/Grand Exchange" counters, or even a couple of the "first look at new content" streams that precede their own polls (and where mods enthusiastically share content in a positive light). But...

The fact is, it takes 75% of the voting community, a supermajority, to vote in an update. So, already, the polling system itself is biased against any new update. We also don't get to directly decide what content is even polled (with the exception of the two PDC polls), as well, the mods propose content that they feel would be good for the game instead.

From this information we can infer that we've never truly had the power to vote, instead, we have the power to VETO.

ve·to ˈvēdō/ noun 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

In other words, the power we have is to reject what Jagex wants to put into the game; it is not to entirely decide what to put into the game ourselves and certainly not how the game is ran entirely. While we have had the power to vote before, the sort of voting has been limited to priority polls and player designed content polls (and just getting a winner, not passing the content itself). If we truly had the power to vote, all polls would be ran similarly to the PDC poll.

I feel like this is an important distinction to make. As for whether or not it should be this way? It should be, as mods people should be supportive of their own decisions.

TL;DR: Just because some of their information is biased doesn't mean it shouldn't be. It's how our system has always worked. Many people take issue with the wording used for the recent bonds poll. The wording, admittedly, was very biased. This isn't the first time mods have been biased, as you can see by those "votes until sigils/Grand Exchange" counters, or even a couple of the "first look at new content" streams that precede their own polls (and where mods enthusiastically share content in a positive light). But...

The fact is, it takes 75% of the voting community, a supermajority, to vote in an update. So, already, the polling system itself is biased against any new update. We also don't get to directly decide what content is even polled (with the exception of the two PDC polls), as well, the mods propose content that they feel would be good for the game instead.

From this information we can infer that we've never truly had the power to vote, instead, we have the power to VETO.

ve·to ˈvēdō/ noun 1. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

In other words, the power we have is to reject what Jagex wants to put into the game; it is not to entirely decide what to put into the game ourselves and certainly not how the game is ran entirely. While we have had the power to vote before, the sort of voting has been limited to priority polls and player designed content polls (and just getting a winner, not passing the content itself). If we truly had the power to vote, all polls would be ran similarly to the PDC poll.

I feel like this is an important distinction to make. As for whether or not it should be this way? It should be, as mods people should be supportive of their own decisions.

TL;DR: Just because some of their information is biased doesn't mean it shouldn't be. It's how our system has always worked.

PS: Polls are passing by a very large margin, I doubt their wording would have mattered either way.

PS: Polls are passing by a very large margin, I doubt their wording would have mattered either way.

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PS: Polls are passing by a very large margin, I doubt their wording would have mattered either way. ed either way. g system itself is biased against any new update. We also don't get to directly decide what content is even polled (with the exception of the two PDC polls), as well, the mods propose content that they feel would be good for the game instead.