When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines

Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by jasonvorhe on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:19PM (#43120349)

2024: > More than 155 million people cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election. It's second only in U.S. history to the 2020 election. Turnout in 2024 represented 63.9% of eligible voters, the second-highest percentage in the last 100 years, according to the University of Florida Election Lab. The only year that beat it – again – was 2020 when universal mail-in voting was more widely available.

2020: > More than 158 million votes were cast in the election

So 3 millions of Democrats suddenly decided to not go out to vote "to save democracy" against "fascism"?

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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by cton on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:46PM (#43121415)

> The only year that beat it – again – was 2020 when universal mail-in voting was more widely available.

You answered your own question. Voting was made more difficult in 2024, so fewer votes were cast.

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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by weakfish on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:44PM (#43120679)

The simpler and much more likely answer, my friend, is that people didn’t vote from a combination of disillusionment, assuming Kamala would win, and likewise factors.

I saw many people close to me not bother voting because they didn’t enjoy Biden’s presidency, despite voting for him in 2020.

So, I find that FAR more likely as a reason than supposed election fraud.

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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by jasonvorhe on Friday February 21, 2025 @01:58PM (#43131454)

I'm really confused how tech people shifted from "voting machines are inherently insecure" to simply ignoring the issue despite many political connections between Democrats and voting machine vendors. I'll stick with the results of my research into the matter. If you think you're well enough informed and that your sources actually care about the truth, let's agree to disagree.

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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by meowface on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:31PM (#43133843)

This is one of the most investigated issues in American legal history. There was absolutely no indication of fraud. You've fallen for a conspiracy theory. It's now Pizzagate-tier.

(I still argue with Pizzagate adherents on a monthly basis. They think it's perfectly logical.)

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