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J.eff

Apr 26, 2013

There seems to be a consensus that the FX-888 is preferable to the FX-888D. Yet, the digital station is still winning the pool. I assume it is because it already had more momentum then the other options ? I would be interested to see how the vote would fall if this pool was restarted with all its current choices set and fixed from the beginning. Actually, i'll make this a general suggestion for MD : I think all pools should have two phases. In the first phase, people can submit choices and discuss them, then in the second phase, the choices should be fixed (no addition) and people would be allowed to start voting on them.

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sully45

Apr 26, 2013

J.effI would be in favor of the analog version, especially if they are trying to dump that stock.

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A community member

Apr 26, 2013

J.effI prefer the analog version too, but there's 118 votes for the digital version out of 223 votes total, and only 18 discussion items. I'm not sure if that's consensus...

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J.eff

Apr 26, 2013

Consensus might not be the right word, but it can't be denied that no one has commented in favor of the FX-888D yet. I personally voted after reading the comments and it did influence my vote and I feel that having a discussion time-off before voting would lead to a more informed vote. I can't think of one instance IRL where people can vote on the members of a list of candidates before the list is fixed in size AND before discussion on the candidates had time to take place. Yes, you can change your vote later on, but how many people actually do it ? p.s.: Since the webs are notoriously bad at conveying tone, I feel I should state that the above is meant as a constructive criticism, not a rant.

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