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   1  @title Slowvote User Guide
   2  @group userguide
   3  
   4  Detailed dispute resolution manual.
   5  
   6  = Overview =
   7  
   8  Slowvote is a simple polling application for asking questions like "Where should
   9  we order pizza from?", "Are dogs better than cats?" and "What is the optimal
  10  strategic direction for our company?". You can use it to quickly get feedback
  11  from people in a lightweight, structured way.
  12  
  13  Slowvote is based on a Facebook application called Quickvote, which was pretty
  14  good when it was originally written but went through a couple of poorly executed
  15  rewrites and ended up being extremely slow and glitchy, often taking more than
  16  10 seconds to load. I originally designed and implemented the entire Slowvote
  17  application while waiting for a Quikvote to load.
  18  
  19  = Plurality vs Approval =
  20  
  21  When you create a poll, you can choose **plurality** or **approval** voting.
  22  
  23  In plurality voting, users choose one option. The winning option is the one with
  24  the most votes.
  25  
  26  In approval voting, users choose all the options they approve of. The winning
  27  option is the one the largest number of people accept.