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1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Aug-2018 13:40:31 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

   Whenever I've been in charge of a community that I've created, it always collapsed because I wanted to take it in a direction that they didn't like. To avoid that, I gave the snabeltann.no instance a board. As it turns out, people won't actually bring things they dislike up for a vote. Instead, they'll try to convince me, and since I'm very stubborn, they'll fail. Yes, insisting on a vote is quite confrontational, but it's designed to override stubborn guys like me, so make use of it.

   1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Aug-2018 13:47:19 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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      Having a board make decisions on behalf of a community is an extremely useful concept, but it's necessary to have a culture for voting. Voting over things needs to be the rule, not the exception. If the board members aren't in the habit of voting, it will seem dramatic or confrontational when a board member finally does ask to vote over an issue.