---
slug: "Silencevote"
name: "Silencevote"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Silencevote#b022"
sema_id: "sema:Silencevote#mh:SHA-256:b022a4ad1e752e8da60651c129a2fac0db03ec8643c9a386fcd25698f4157c0c"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Silencevote/
related: ["Silence","Consensus#b9a5","Belongbend"]
---

# Silencevote

Count only explicit assent as acceptance; record silence as silence

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

A proposal counts as accepted only by explicit assent. A party's [Silence](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Silence.md) is recorded as silence, separately from assent and from objection, with its reason asked for where possible, and it is never counted as agreement.

## Invariants

- Acceptance is recorded only from explicit assent.
- Silence is recorded separately from assent and from objection.

## Failure modes

- Abilene drift: a group adopts what nobody wanted because nobody objected.
- Assent fatigue: explicit assent becomes a reflex given without reading.

## Builds on

- [Silence](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Silence.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Silencevote#mh:SHA-256:b022a4ad1e752e8da60651c129a2fac0db03ec8643c9a386fcd25698f4157c0c`
- Ref: `Silencevote#b022`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Silencevote/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Silencevote)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Silencevote.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)