Most RCV systems in practice use IRV (including, IIUC, the New York system under discussion), and I believe I was correct in what I attributed to IRV vs RCV more generally.
His point is that if few rank the fourth candidate first, they will be the first eliminated in the runoff process.
Oh, yes, instant runoff is not the way to count, I agree.
Certain groups have made RCV==IRV in an Orwellian fashion. It's now how it is used.
I don't believe I conflated the two. The title says RCV, but the algorithm described in the article is specifically IRV and I thought I was clear what I was talking about?
You were, I did not know about the distinction of IRV as a method of counting votes within the realm of RCV.
You were clear. I'm talking about orgs like NPR and FairVote.