For voting systems the only system where no story can end up with equal numbers of both positive and negative votes is to remove the option of negative votes altogether. So they either get a positive vote or nothing.
Which creates a problem if you get 3 or 4 stories with no votes at the end of voting - because the comm runs to a schedule the only thing to do would be to say all the stories with no votes (or all tied on 1 vote if there are none with zero votes) are out. Which also seems harsh - as then three or four writers are voted out but none of them ever get to find out the reasons why.
Even with a ranked system a writer might get first place from 5 voters, and last place from 6, with some other votes for places in between. So they might end up placing somewhere in the middle once all votes are counted.
A ranked system could also mean a writer who gets second place from everybody ends up winning the round because the writers who got some firsts also got some thirds and fourths as well.
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For voting systems the only system where no story can end up with equal numbers of both positive and negative votes is to remove the option of negative votes altogether. So they either get a positive vote or nothing.
Which creates a problem if you get 3 or 4 stories with no votes at the end of voting - because the comm runs to a schedule the only thing to do would be to say all the stories with no votes (or all tied on 1 vote if there are none with zero votes) are out. Which also seems harsh - as then three or four writers are voted out but none of them ever get to find out the reasons why.
Even with a ranked system a writer might get first place from 5 voters, and last place from 6, with some other votes for places in between. So they might end up placing somewhere in the middle once all votes are counted.
A ranked system could also mean a writer who gets second place from everybody ends up winning the round because the writers who got some firsts also got some thirds and fourths as well.