I've noticed recently a LOT of polls have been going up, and for some strange reason, they borderline piss me off -- even though I typically revel in polls.

It seems to me most of the polls have stupid topics to start with.

Some polls with credible topics are poorly described, though. So whereas the topic is certainly something worth discussing, many readers are incapable of participating, because they're not even certain what the OP is talking about.

Worst of all (imo) are those which are thoroughly described but have too few voting options, thus leaving voters the option of choosing the "best" answer or no answer of all -- both of which result in inconclusive results.

My point?

Mainly, I just want to know if I'm alone here ...

But also in a very roundabout manner, I emplore anyone who posts polls to please thoroughly define/describe the poll question and to add every plausible answer imaginable to the voting options (there are 25 slots, ya know.)

I figure there's no point in creating a poll if you have to read all the responses just to interpret the data.


-- my 2 :commerce:

What worries me is that this ISN'T a poll. You are violating forum protocol :crazyeye:

Eh, let people poll. If it's deemed spammish or such I'm sure the mods will see to it.

Polls are usually fun I think, unless they're all about the HRE...

What worries me is that this ISN'T a poll. You are violating forum protocol :crazyeye:

Eh, let people poll. If it's deemed spammish or such I'm sure the mods will see to it.

What he said. You're (you = the OP) just being passive-aggressive by creating polls with an ulterior motive. If you don't like the poll options or topic, simply move on to the next poll, or create your own poll.

There's often a lot of polls before a Presidential Election...oh you didn't mean those kind of polls?

A poll about polls...never saw that one coming. :p