User blog comment:Master Hydraffe/ADMIN APPLICATIONS 2017 v2/@comment-8846246-20170901234701/@comment-8846246-20170904050745

It should not be their fault if they don't know who wants the position. That's the systems fault. If lots of votes are being wasted, enough to make it into 3rd place, then that's a big problem. Minifigures weren't the only ones wasted too, Mikey's also were wasted. A lot of people voted for people who either couldn't be staff or didn't want to be staff.

Another problem is because this used only 1 thread and a blog, many people probably didn't know Mikey was later announced as unable to assume the position.

If the system used staff application threads, both of these are fixed. Staff could check a persons qualifications before it's highlighted and only those wanting staff would apply.