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In reply to the discussion: Should Democratic Underground switch to seven-person juries? [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)In either, the alerter, no matter how you slice it, is a "hide" vote. The alerter doesn't alert on a post he/she wants to keep... they make a statement that amounts to a hide. So what we have now is a 7 vote jury.
We would be going to an 8 vote jury which means a hide is 5 hide votes and 3 leave it votes, a leave it is 4 hide votes and 4 leave it votes. So we would be switching around which outcome has even votes that rule.
Now:
3 hide + 3 leave it + 1 alert hide vote = 4 hide + 3 leave it = leave it (makes no sense)
4 hide + 2 leave it + 1 alert hide = 5 hide + 2 leave it = hide (makes no sense - one sided)
After change:
3 hide + 4 leave it + 1 alert hide = 4 hide + 4 leave it = leave it (makes more sense)
4 hide + 3 leave it + 1 alert hide = 5 hides + 3 leave it = hide (makes some sense ??)
That's how I see it... I'm for the 7 jury system. In a 6 jury system 4 hides against 3 leave its = leave it... is illogical.