"Joel de Guzman" <joel@boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:d0hv9g$77n$1@sea.gmane.org...
David Abrahams wrote:
One disadvantage of posting a preliminary tally is that it encourages people to try to influence public opinion. I just typed and erased something that hints at my preferences about three times. Make that four. Better press send now before I do something unethical.
I was afraid about this happening. I hinted on progressively posting the results in my preliminary heads-up message to the boost moderators list and no-one objected, so I thought I'd give transparency more weight. Perhaps I'm wrong. If you guys think that a continuous tally is not a good idea, I'm all ears. In fact, obviously, it will make my life easier to just do one tally.
IMO we shouldn't post any preliminary results. Would we sell TV right, for that continues updates would make it more attractive to watch. But for our purposes it's at best distracting if not influencing the outcome. Gennadiy