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[โ€“] socialpankakemix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if voting made no difference, then why do they try their hardest to prevent poor people and minorities from voting?

[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly this.

Indifference is how you know something doesn't matter. I remember this lesson even from game development: People complaining about your game is still alright. When the feedback stops entirely, that's when you fucked up.

[โ€“] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if the feedback stops, but the playrate remains high? (ie., indifference but high voter turnout)

[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Difficult to say as that's really not a common case at all. Might just lack evidence for how to understand this.