I think attributing skizzy's loss to discord is a mischaracterization. He was practically invisible prior to running for that term in senate, if newer members knew him at all it was as someone who rarely ever posted. We had no reason to vote for him because we didn't know him. After that loss he stepped up his activity, and when he ran again he was handily elected to the senate, still without using discord.PhDre said:PT worked hard for his Senatorship. By which I mean he ran 9+ times. That election wasn't an example of young players working hard particularly for a position because PT did nothing of value legislatively besides run every election. It was definitely a referendum on experienced and qualified older members expecting that new / younger citizens value their previous contributions without continued visible service. It did not help that skizzy does not use discord which we see time and again is a political edge.GraVandius said:I'm wondering if this large change is due to the uproar of Possibly This's upset over Skizzy back then and a greater number of older members being up in arms over that issue. Now that things have returned to normal, I think less hysteria is the reason for that drop in the final category.Which statement best characterizes your view? (August 2017)
Older members expect to be handed political positions without putting in the work: 24.1% (+1.2%)
Older members work for political positions, but not as hard as newer members have to: 69% (+20.4%)
Older members work just as hard for political positions as newer members: 6.9% (-21.7%)
Activity matters. I think people tend to put too much emphasis on how much someone uses discord.