I am interested in all this.
I am wondering, Dolphin and anyone else who copied and is using Dolphin's signature why your signature does not include a link to endorse (and I'm assuming vote for after June 12) WPI
http://www.vivint.com/givesbackproject/charity/769? Strategizing about this is obviously problematic, but I know I'm preaching to the choir here. I'm worried WPI will fall behind at the last minute (can you really deny that possibility even though I understand it's unlikely?), so I still intend to vote for them daily.
Firstly, I "copied" somebody else's signature and a few others have decided to make a similar signature so I would not be happy to be singled out as the culprit, in your eyes, for a particular signature.
I'm very certain that at this moment it is safe to not vote for the WPI given the numbers involved - I'd be willing to put money on it i.e. somebody gives me virtually whatever odds they like and I'll still bet that the WPI will get into Round 2. So that's the reason I have my signature. It's partly based on the fact that I imagine plenty of people would keep voting for the WPI (which they have continued to) and also the fact that only a small fraction of the voters are likely to be on Phoenix Rising and be influenced by my and other signatures. I'm checking the board reasonably regularly so in 24 or 48 hours I have the option of changing i.e. I can still respond if I think the WPI is at risk.
As the end of my signature makes pretty clear:
"Round 2 starts June 14: It probably makes sense for as many people as possible then to vote for the WPI so the vote isn't split", I'm going to change my signature for Round 2.
It should also be remembered that one's signatures can't be as long as you want them to be - you can only have a certain amount of characters in them.
But it's a free world and you're free to use a signature that has a link to the WPI in it. There is no "signature police" that will stop you.
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I think there is a big difference between the CCG event and this event - with this event, they'll get a reminder every day. Get one such person to sign up and it could be 75 votes. So if one out of my two sisters and my brother's partner were to sign up, I'd be happy.
With this one, committed people are the most important: in CCG, the WPI got just over 9000 votes. Last year the winner of this looked like they got around 500 votes a day or so. If we get 700-800 (say) daily/near-daily voters (less than 10% of the voters in CCG), that could be enough.