What counts as an act
An act is a recorded thing a person did on a listed instrument. Three of them count:
- a vote — they voted on it,
- an authorship — they wrote or co-sponsored it,
- a block — they kept it from advancing.
The twelve categories
Every act is classified into exactly one category, formed by crossing four questions:
| Question | Options |
|---|---|
| what did they do | vote · author · block |
| on which side | a problem instrument · a good instrument |
| in which direction | advancing it · resisting it |
| where | on the floor · in the small room |
Every category carries a score on 0 to 100 and a weight. Both are published in the movement's math table file, and both are versioned.
Why blocking a repair weighs about thirty floor votes
This is the single most consequential weight in the product, so it is worth stating the argument rather than just the number.
A floor vote is one voice among hundreds, cast in public, with a roll call anybody can look up. It is accountable by construction — if a citizen dislikes it, they can see it and act on it.
Keeping a bill off the floor is one person deciding for everyone, in a room, with no roll call and often no record that a decision occurred at all. It is the act with the largest effect and the least accountability available in the system, and it is precisely the act that leaves no trace for a citizen to respond to.
Weighting the two equally would mean the arithmetic rewards moving your damage into the room where nobody can see it. So it does not.
Confidence is reported, never scored
Where the underlying record is thin, that is disclosed on the page. It does not silently adjust the number. A citizen reading a 72% is told how complete the record behind it is and left to weigh that themselves — which is the same posture the movement takes toward evidence everywhere else.