Society · Protocols
Silencevote
Count only explicit assent as acceptance; record silence as silence
Definition
Mechanism
A proposal counts as accepted only by explicit assent. A party's Silence is recorded as silence, separately from assent and from objection, with its reason asked for where possible, and it is never counted as agreement.
Invariants
- Acceptance is recorded only from explicit assent.
- Silence is recorded separately from assent and from objection.
Risks
Failure modes
Abilene drift
a group adopts what nobody wanted because nobody objected.
Assent fatigue
explicit assent becomes a reflex given without reading.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Mind
Active withholding of signal
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference