What you say is not true. At this point witnesses do not get to decide anything as the team is using their power to vote for the witnesses who do as they want.
There is no democracy here. You do as the devs wish or you will be voted out. Look at the voting by @dan using his power to exercise the teams will, not the communities.
I understand your point, this post describes the system of DPOS and how it can be beneficial and inclusive.
Like all political systems it can be gamed, people can also be pressured to vote a certain way just like in real life.
Having said this, I don´t see anything wrong in @dan voting for the witnesses that support his proposed changes, its like on election day a Candidate for president goes and votes for himself.
As I see it there is still lots of witnesses that have not upgraded and they are still there in the top 19, but that is another debate all together..
That's a terrible comparison. Just wait and see what a mess this will be...
Some of the most intelligent guys in the community are against this fork for good reason. It's not the changes that people are upset about, it's the buggy code.
Yes I have been following the debate on slack and I also saw @abit patch.
I hope, for all our sakes, that things go well either we stay on 0.5.0 or we move to 0.8.0. I care more about the stability of the chain than payouts at this point.
That's one thing we can agree on.
Stability is key.
Nobody wants buggy code! If that's the only issue left I'm really really happy :)
May the bugs be fixed ! :)
It would be like an election day if one person got a million votes and everyone else gets one vote. Real elections don't work that way, and for good reason.
@berniesanders the way it stands I suppose only the whales/legends can use their power to make a difference to the community. I hope there are lot more of you that can help in rewarding quality posters and help this community grow. Just earlier in the day there was a discussion on slack about people trying to game the system. It's a matter of time when some actually do in a way that affects the system....what then?