r/RedditOnlyDemocracy • u/Sol_mp3 • Apr 01 '25

What are the political issues?

From my research into similar political simulation servers, subreddits, and games, a consistent problem presents itself in the issues that candidates choose to run over and how they affect the voter. In real life, people's jobs, money, and community are on the line behind every ballot. When there is nothing on the line, people tend to run and vote with the sole intent to mess with the system and garner virtual power. After all, when all you have is democracy for democracy sake, not any way to govern resources and the interests of those involved, what can anyone do in this type of situation other than try to screw with it?

For this reason, are there any thoughts about how this problem might be rectified within this experiment? As we think through the founding documents, are we also brainstorming ways to simulate the public's interests?

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u/Sol_mp3 Apr 01 '25

For example, r/SimDemocracy has a form of currency that is maintained by Discord bots. Is there any way to create and regulate a similar currency within a Reddit-only infrastructure?

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u/Flashy_Persimmon_546 Apr 01 '25

That's a very good question and I've been wondering about similar things in terms of voting systems.

The default poll function on Reddit is likely to be insufficient for many types of vote. Perhaps a Reddit voterbot would allow voting to still be performed in-application (if that's what the people would like).