Timeline for Can a President mandate Upvotes?
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| Sep 11, 2019 at 23:02 | comment | added | smci | Look what this Presidency is doing to everyone's thought process. | |
| Apr 19, 2018 at 15:47 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 19, 2018 at 12:46 | history | edited | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2017 at 4:21 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/930651997040193536 | ||
| Nov 11, 2017 at 1:09 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | It seems in my executive powers to blanked upvote all in this page. | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 10:14 | vote | accept | Tom | ||
| Nov 10, 2017 at 10:14 | history | edited | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 10, 2017 at 10:07 | comment | added | David Richerby | I see no rational basis for your interpretation of the quote. Obama isn't talking about forcing anybody to do anything. He's saying he wished he had time to personally click the upvote button. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 20:34 | comment | added | Ambo100 | Read this again and imagine this was written by a private citizen. It's a derivation of a common form of expression of no political nature. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 19:52 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | Are you asking if the president could make reddit go and bulk-upvote each user's account, so he or his hired lackeys wouldn't have to do it manually? I'm not entirely clear what the "this" in "really wanted to force a private company to do something like this" is. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 19:12 | comment | added | Kyle Strand | I'm clearly missing something--the only barrier preventing the President from upvoting a large number of posts is his personal time, right? So what action, exactly, would he be requesting Reddit to take on his behalf in this hypothetical? It sounds like he would basically need someone to write a bot to upvote all posts in a particular thread using the POTUS Reddit account, and ask Reddit not to consider it a TOS violation but merely a time-saving measure on his part. Is that what you're describing by "mandate upvotes"? | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 19:06 | history | protected | Philipp♦ | ||
| Nov 9, 2017 at 17:57 | comment | added | agc | @Tom, Re "...force... involuntary...": it's unclear whether it would be involuntary, given the publicity value for Reddit. I'd suppose it might be more like a Royal Warrant, such as those found on boxes of British tea. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 17:29 | comment | added | user1530 | @Tom that would probably better...the example is somewhat overpowering the actual question. I don't know if that would be any more answerable, but I think it would clarify the intent better. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 17:24 | comment | added | Tom | @blip Would you prefer if I asked instead, "What actions can a President take to force a private-company to perform an involuntary action?" | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 16:09 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 15:54 | comment | added | user1530 | This is a hypothetical based on a misinterpretation. I can't tell if it's too narrow or too broad. Either way, not really a reality-based question. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 15:27 | comment | added | Marisa | @Tom No problem! It just felt more like a certainty in the first version. New version is much clearer. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 15:14 | answer | added | Brythan | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 15:10 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 60 | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 15:05 | answer | added | Royal Canadian Bandit | timeline score: 15 | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 14:57 | history | edited | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Pointed out I didn't seriously believe the President wanted to do this, but am more curious at how they would.
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 14:53 | comment | added | Tom | @Marisa as noted in other comments, the case itself is simply a way to pose a larger question. I'll try edit it to suggest more of the "what-if" vibe I was going for. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 14:49 | comment | added | Tom | Exactly @Philipp, it's purely about the steps involved in an interaction between public and private sectors, but wrapped in a nice example. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 14:14 | history | edited | Brythan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 13:51 | comment | added | Philipp♦ | While this particular example is of course ridiculous, it is IMO still an interesting thought experiment to evaluate what the president can and can not do. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 13:34 | comment | added | Marisa | Not sure how this is relevant? The former President was clearly expressing his gratitude for their support, not actually stating he wished to grant an upvote to everyone. | |
| Nov 9, 2017 at 13:04 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 13:02 | history | asked | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |