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Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:40 am
by zossy1
Is it just me, or does there seem to be an endless string of mindless polls going on ATM?
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:06 am
by taminga16
Zoss,
My boat is not sinking but it does have a noticeable list.
Greg.
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:38 am
by Old Dude
I don't know why we can't just ask a question, and wait for answers, without there having to be a poll on it
, to be honest at present, when I see the poll, I click out and go to another topic
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I feel that if it continues this way in the end no one will comunicate, they will just vote on a topic and wait for the results, and no one will learn anything except how to set up polls
For example 7 people voted and only three commented, good way to kill a forum.
Cheers
Dale
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:39 am
by rob323
Where is the "other, cause they don't really determine anything meaningful in the end" option?
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:54 am
by Lokiel
Oh the irony of this post!!!
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:39 pm
by Mr Morlock
Old Dude is probably right- just asking the question works. It is a pity that Greg's boat is listing but hopefully the plimsoll line is still visible.
The polls have some value if you can get enough responses- eg the age groups of forumites was quite interesting.
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:14 pm
by 91 Malibu
Couldnt care to be honest If they were pi**#ng me off I simply wouldnt read them.
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:50 pm
by Old Dude
Mr Morlock wrote:Old Dude is probably right- just asking the question works. It is a pity that Greg's boat is listing but hopefully the plimsoll line is still visible.
The polls have some value if you can get enough responses- eg the age groups of forumites was quite interesting.
Totally agree Mr Morlock, some of the polls are very interesting, as your example indicated, but having a poll for which stereo you like, or what type of vent rings, just looses me.
Ask the question without the poll and people will respond.
cheers
Dale
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:18 pm
by Jeo
90% I'll just ignore the poll and read the topic as normal. They're not that annoying, but most of the time they don't hold much value.
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:12 pm
by bigdog
Perhaps we need a section in the forum just for polls?
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:20 am
by 93_Clubman
bigdog wrote:Perhaps we need a section in the forum just for polls?
Perhaps we should poll that!
zossy1 wrote:Is it just me, or does there seem to be an endless string of mindless polls going on ATM?
Must admit this morning I was briefly trying to think of a good tongue-in-cheek poll question.
Re: Repeated polling - does it float your boat?
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:39 am
by ForceMajeure
BTW have you even noticed that most companies that give sh*t or non existent customer service always ask you to "take a survey" (basically a poll by any other name) letting them know how they can improve their customer experience, but they never act on it?
The Americans are particularly into crap like this.
