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parineumyesterday at 5:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

That seems like two words for the same thing to me but making the distinction seems like a signalling mechanism to me.


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jgtroshyesterday at 6:22 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making alternative political movements care a lot about how decisions are taken. For instance, authors like David Graeber consider that majority voting only makes sense in the context if backed by violence.

mitxelatoday at 1:49 AM

IETF for instance, makes the distinction because they do not use a fixed vote threshold, but use a judgement of someone with good judgement, taking all facts into account such as the strength of disagreement.

And of course if that person turns out to have bad judgement they won't listen to him next time.

It is certainly possible for this to become unstable and split into two or more groups. This may work for the IETF which frequently creates and destroys working groups.