Zoredache mentioned in [their answer here][1] (emphasis mine):

> If anyone happens to be reading this,
> and doesn't regularly go into the chat
> please understand that **most of the
> current candidates are pretty active
> in chat already**, and lots of questions
> and discussions have already been
> happening.

Is that really true? If so, I feel that this could be a distinct disadvantage for many people. When chat was new I used to go in there regularly and hang around, and not much ever happened. When I read that, I got a bit worried that maybe I missed something, so I hung around for another 3 hours today and a [grand total of 1 thing happened][2] when I was in there.

Now, this is most likely because I'm most active when the chat regulars are in bed, dreaming of a world without end users and technical support.

With that in mind, how likely are you to take someone's chat-based activities into account when voting? I'm doing my best not to sound sore about this (maybe I'm doing a poor job), but I want to ensure a level playing field during the elections.


  [1]: http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1143/2011-moderator-elections-town-hall-chat/1146#1146
  [2]: http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/405710#405710