It was just a shower thought. I thought it might be a good thing for exchanges baking Tezos, if they could abstain from votes permanently if they choose so, without leaving the impression that they don’t care and without further actions to be done (like voting pass every amendment cycle). IMHO that status could signal that they deliberately abstain from influencing the direction of the project. It would also be something that could be monitored.

Update: I was not aware that @murbard also considered auto-pass as an addition to his proposal here: Voting nudge. If auto-pass is considered a viable way to move forward, it could even be implemented before the punishment of Arthur’s proposal and we would see if it is used.

IMHO, voting pass every time is still better for the quorum than to abstain completely from the vote, as it signals conscious abstinence.