Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-25230228-20170406135559/@comment-26470588-20170406170034

Camwood777 wrote: Snapdragon717 wrote: Either I'm blind or I don't see how neutrals technically count as opposes? It adds 100 to each side, so does that mean if you had the same amount of supports and opposes, but an increase of neutrals will decrease the percentage? (Ex: Suppose you have 4 supports, 4 opposes, and we collect 10 data numbers if the amount of neutrals was 1-10. At 10, would it be lower than the percentage at 1? Okay, say there's a half support, and a full oppose, for 50 support and 100 oppose, and a total of 150 points. The points, in this system, look like this: 50 / 150 = 33. 3 %

Then... In comes a neutral, for 150 support, 200 oppose, and a total weight of 350. The resulting equation is not pretty. 150 / 350 ≈ 42.86%

Note it's approximate; there's a lot more after the hundredths spot, I rounded.

Due to the way it's calculated, a neutral will actually bring down the support score overall. Hence why everyone is saying it is, functionally, an oppose. Not to mention the fact that you need a 65% support rate. Suppose there are 13 supports and 7 opposes. That brings the support % to exactly 65%. Now someone votes neutral. It adds 1 to each side, making it 14 supports and 8 opposes or 14/22 which is a percentage of about 63%. It's below the requirement! The great magician Birdpool turned a neutral into an oppose! Voila!