Loomio
Wed 10 Apr 2013 5:10PM

Number of users in a group

I iacocoba Public Seen by 238

Which is the affordable number of users wich make discussions work? Do we need a limit? Usually tools gets overwhelmed by comments overdose.

I

Poll Created Wed 10 Apr 2013 5:14PM

20 people maximum per discusion (40 per group) Closed Fri 12 Apr 2013 10:41AM

This doest mean we have to limit the number,.. but is important to know where is the limit when things go crazy.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 10.0% 1 I
Abstain 0.0% 0  
Disagree 80.0% 8 NW AT MS FGP RG JS Z DU
Block 10.0% 1 VM
Undecided 0% 891 RG JL AI RDB KC SW AC BH G JG G RF DB J DMA S PS N K ML

10 of 901 people have participated (1%)

I

iacocoba
Agree
Wed 10 Apr 2013 5:16PM

I'm not shure lets see what people think and go on with a more aproximated proposal

RG

Rafael Gomes
Disagree
Wed 10 Apr 2013 5:21PM

I don't agree with limit of users, no matter number.

FGP

Francisco George PP-ES
Disagree
Wed 10 Apr 2013 5:52PM

No in general. This could be a future options on a group by group if they find usefull to limit groups. Anyway on you own installation of Loomio on own server you should have the options as when you ask to Loomio admins to create a new group

JS

Jeff Swift
Disagree
Wed 10 Apr 2013 6:23PM

I don't think there should be a cap on participants. This issue would be better addressed by optimizing the discussion feature for larger groups (threaded discussions, hyperlinked comments, etc.)

Z

zack
Disagree
Wed 10 Apr 2013 6:32PM

This defeats the purpose of online participation tools: to involve more people in decisions. If you want to limit the number you can bring them in a room and lock the door.

MS

Megan Salole
Disagree
Wed 10 Apr 2013 6:51PM

I think that we should research the optimum group size and recommend to the person initiating the discussion that adding people more than 'X' number means a decrease in participation. But in some instances group sizes need to be big.

AT

Aaron Thornton
Disagree
Thu 11 Apr 2013 7:35AM

Not our goal at present, lets wait for some metrics on optimum group size for engagement before we make any rash decisions.

DU

Disagree
Thu 11 Apr 2013 8:56AM

Why having limits in life?

NW

Nicolas Wormser
Disagree
Thu 11 Apr 2013 2:33PM

I see enabling discussion between very large numbers of people as one of the essential roles of loomio.

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