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Is the poll functionality being abused?

eiledoneiledon Member Posts: 595 Arc User
edited July 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
(Mods if you want to delete this please do - i am being partially facetious in creating it)
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Is the poll functionality being abused? 86 votes

Yes
67%
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No
32%
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  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    Yes
    Yes it is. Throw it out.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    Yes
    This is why we can't have nice things. They get abused. I would like to have polls, since they can be situationally useful, but it's gotten quite out of hand.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    No
    Only by people named Eiledon. :p
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  • championshewolfchampionshewolf Member Posts: 3,162 Arc User
    Yes
    Funny, there were polls on the old forums but it's like wow everyone is poll happy. need to remove that feature, along with animated signatures and avatars. Both are being abused to extremes.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,579 Community Moderator
    No
    I think its just the newness and the fact we can actually make our own. Give it time, and I'm sure the number of polls will drop.
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  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    A bunch of Star Trek fans, sitting behind a computer monitor, abusing their polls? NEVER!!! :D
  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    Yes
    A Poll for every nonsense, reminds me of Douglas Adam's Belcebron's.

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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,005 Arc User
    How do you "abuse" a poll? Everyone and their dog thinks he has to create polls for every nonsensical brainfart crossing their mind, that's true, but technically they don't "abuse" the function. They just use it in a superflous way.
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  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    No
    People may be poll crazy right now, but it will eventually taper off.


    So, no real abuse of the new feature.
  • admiraldunwalladmiraldunwall Member Posts: 57 Arc User
    No
    Eh, I find them interesting. Like everyone is saying, they will start to thin out. Just calm down :smile:
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  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    No
    Polls ruined my life.
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    No
    Please point on the Enterprise model where the Bad Polls touched you.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    Yes
    Collecting "me too"'s is useless whether they are in the form of a poll or actual posts.

    Hopefully people will get tired of posting these.
  • r5e4w3q2r5e4w3q2 Member Posts: 341 Arc User
    Yes
    [sarcasm]They just need to monetize it, sell "poll tokens" needed to create polls![/sarcasm]​​
  • tehbubbalootehbubbaloo Member Posts: 2,003 Arc User
    No
    if i dont want to vote in a poll, i simply dont vote in the poll.
    abuse averted!​​
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    This is a Poll about Polls, why is it still open? There are supposedly too many of them around.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    No
    It will calm down eventually, I think.
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  • smeeinn1tsmeeinn1t Member Posts: 618 Arc User
    Yes
    It has gotten a bit overwhelming, what ever happened to asking questions or expressing ideas in a post. Shoehorning usually loaded answers to loaded questions is no fun.

    How about a limit of say 3 polls per user per week? (Arbitrary figures.)
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    No. People are using them because they're now a feature, just as the ability to use smilies and write actual messages. There's nothing wrong with polls. The problem before (IIRC) is that people assumed that whatever a poll resulted in, meant that was going to be acted on when it wasn't.

    If someone creates a Poll, they do so off their own backs, and the results are those of the community. Cryptic doesn't have to take any notice of polls if they don't want, and the community should be fully aware of that.
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  • kittyflofykittyflofy Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    Yes
    Yup, everybody creating stupid polls that leads to nothing, actually, and most of these polls never include the "NO" vote. Its like "what do you think about this, yes or yes, just tell me what you think"... im afraid all the beginners will start creating polls about things that are vastly discussed through all these years (it is what is happening) and things that were settled time ago.
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  • kristaswiftkristaswift Member Posts: 306 Arc User
    No
    Why have it if you can't use it? IMO the only thing that makes this BORING forum alive. I do miss the other one since it was mobile friendlier and easier to search for what you wanted it. At least these polls are FUN and lifted the boredom from this side. :D
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  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    Yes
    Yes, far too many pointless polls. There's a reason most game forums have polls disabled.

    *runs off to create a poll to decide whether to choose yes or no in this poll*
  • stobg2015stobg2015 Member Posts: 800 Arc User
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    It will calm down eventually, I think.

    Somewhat, probably. But I'd expect to see many, many polls over time that are created either to troll or to create complaints in the form of a poll. There's a positive side, too, which is why I'm not voting it one way or the other.
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