How to choose general consensus?

General consensus is the minimum share of GP votes a proposal must gather to be considered accepted and executed on-chain. Until the threshold is reached, the proposal stays active (or is rejected once the voting period expires); as soon as the threshold is crossed, the decision is executed automatically.

How you configure it depends on the mode chosen when the DAO was created:

• Equal — every GP has the same voting weight, so general consensus is set as "how many out of how many" — for example, "2 of 3" means at least 2 out of 3 GPs must vote "for." By default the app suggests a simple majority, but the value can be shifted either way — from a minimum of 1 GP up to a unanimous decision by all GPs.
• Proportional — GPs have different voting weight proportional to their GP token holdings, so general consensus is set directly as a percentage of the DAO's total GP token supply (51% by default) — with a slider in 5% steps or by entering an exact number.

Picture a DAO with 3 GPs holding equal amounts of tokens — 33.3% of the vote each. If you want a decision to pass with the votes of any two out of the three members, the general consensus threshold must be higher than 33.3% but no higher than 66.6% — for example, 51% or 60%. A threshold that's too low (below a single GP's share) would let any one member push through any decision alone; one that's too high (close to 100%) can block the DAO if even a single GP is unavailable to vote.

General consensus isn't set in stone: it can be changed later with a Change General Consensus proposal — but that proposal itself must also reach the current general consensus to take effect.