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Elections, Politics, and Governmental Roles

The game-exit-survey asked me if elections was important and I would like to elaborate on this idea.

I think this is an excellent idea; one that most MMOs lack. In fact I can't think of an MMO that offers political positions other than guild leaders.

This is how i see this feature working: several political/community positions and roles would be available for people to run for. As the world continues to expand with more 'cities' or areas, more positions would open up. For example, the area of Groddle would have a mayor, and Ix would have it's own mayor. There could be other positions available for each region but i can't think of any.

People can get nominations to run for office and several people can be placed on the ballot for election. The length of office can be several months and at the end a new election can take place. The logistics and exactly how this would work may be difficult to design, however.

Of course what would be the purpose of these political roles? Well that is open for discussion. Of course a feature like this opens up many new doors; particularly, laws and community decisions.

This social feature would be a great way to get people involved and active in their community. I'm excited for Glitch because of its possibilities with social interactions. I'm really curious on what ideas you guys have for a feature like this. Discuss.

Posted 2 years ago by Jeff Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • i like the idea of elections. groups are already sort of democratic, in that people can vote with their feet for which ones they want to participate in, but formalized elections for regions could add something new and be attention generating events.

    if the elections become too earnest, that would be bad. i would recommend glitch attempt to mitigate some degree of political earnestness. i mean, this is all for fun. some suggestions for doing this might be setting a funny, ironic or satirical tone through copywriting and art. another might be having absurd positions that you could run for, with funny sounding titles.
    Posted 2 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink