Post-of-the-month results - December 2012

[richard@imutual]

I'm pleased to announce that the winners of the Post-of-the-month competition for December 2012, as determined by ratings by our members, are:

Winner (100 shares): Antony1606 for the post in the topic Re: Claim appeal #68947: please vote with 49969 votes

Runner-up (25 shares): kevinchess1 for the post in the topic Krismast Q STILL GOIN with 36186 votes

3rd place (10 shares): blythburgh for the post in the topic Re: Help my house is falling down. with 34262 votes

The prizes have been credited to the winners' accounts

Logged-in members can see the full list of all last month's thanked posts here plus an all-time list of winners can be seen here

Good luck to everyone in this month's competition. For a reminder of how the competition works, click here.

[xxxraichxxx]

well done whiners

[expressman33]

congrats to all worthy winners

it is possible to work out the shareholdings of many members using the results

[blythburgh]

thanks for the win, but it should have been poor Raich who won not me.

[Richard Frost]

it is possible to work out the shareholdings of many members using the results

This is a problem actually, as these members may prefer to keep this private (hence I've removed the posts naming individuals). I suggest that we change the POTM voting in future so that the number of shares an individual member can contribute towards a vote is capped at 1000 rather than 10000. This would bring our voting system closer to one-person-one-vote while still giving 'established' members 10x the voting weight of newly-registered ones. It would also be fairer on those with lots of shares, who are unable to vote for themselves

[Richard Frost]

Strangely enough I was just about to post on this. I am not happy with the discussion by people on how many shares people have. Its a private matter and nothing to do with others. The shareholdings of individuals are a matter of public knowledge and available with the annual report. The information that people have via this forum is also skewed towards those who use the thanks button. ( I was considering not using thanks in future because of this) There are many who do not post and nobody has any idea how many shares those people have there are also many who do post but do not use the thanks button. Guesstimating is dangerous. I note that that one member in a post refereed to someone as lucky because they had over 10,000 shares they may be lucky but they have earned the shares by contributing to the company in some way or another. They were not given in a lottery. Luck does not come into it.

it is possible to work out the shareholdings of many members using the results

This is a problem actually, as these members may prefer to keep this private (hence I've removed the posts naming individuals). I suggest that we change the POTM voting in future so that the number of shares an individual member can contribute towards a vote is capped at 1000 rather than 10000. This would bring our voting system closer to one-person-one-vote while still giving 'established' members 10x the voting weight of newly-registered ones. It would also be fairer on those with lots of shares, who are unable to vote for themselves

I would be happy for it to be 500 shares...

[kevinchess1]

If Imutualites want to keep their share amount private that is their right
I've never made any secret of my shareholding being over 10,000 but am reluctant to state the exact amount.
As for the POTM why not just make it 1 person 1 vote, same as evey other poll here
Use the share holding for Tie breaks

[Richard Frost]

If Imutualites want to keep their share amount private that is their right
I've never made any secret of my shareholding being over 10,000 but am reluctant to state the exact amount.
As for the POTM why not just make it 1 person 1 vote, same as evey other poll here
Use the share holding for Tie breaks

It is also their right not to have it discussed by others!!

[kevinchess1]

Yes
That 2

[blythburgh]

As for the POTM why not just make it 1 person 1 vote, same as evey other poll here
Use the share holding for Tie breaks

Could do. I was concerned that polls might get manipulated by someone registering multiple accounts but, as there's no money at stake, perhaps these fears are unfounded