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Should Polls Be Eliminated From the Forums?

salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
edited August 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
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Should Polls Be Eliminated From the Forums? 86 votes

Yes
31%
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No
68%
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,165 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,569 Arc User
    Be afraid, be very afraid. Polls about Polls have been Closed in the past.
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  • kittyflofykittyflofy Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    Yes
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem. The problem is dozens of people making useless and/or incomplete polls. I myself really dont care too much it is not something that is really problematic (it seems that the quantity lowered in the last weeks) i only wish people will make "better" polls.
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,165 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem.

    Of course it is. If someone doesn't like polls, or doesn't want to read a poll thread, they have the option *not* to click on it. If they choose to do so anyway, knowing they are bothered by polls, that is their own fault, not the person who posted it.

    Also, I just checked the first 5 pages of the forum, and besides this thread there are only 2 other polls. So not only are there *not* a lot of polls, but people have the option *not* to click on them.

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  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem.

    Of course it is. If someone doesn't like polls, or doesn't want to read a poll thread, they have the option *not* to click on it. If they choose to do so anyway, knowing they are bothered by polls, that is their own fault, not the person who posted it.

    Also, I just checked the first 5 pages of the forum, and besides this thread there are only 2 other polls. So not only are there *not* a lot of polls, but people have the option *not* to click on them.

    Man has a point, the only reason I came here was to see what the grandnagus wrote, I did not vote in the poll.
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  • lsegnlsegn Member Posts: 594 Arc User
    No
    cidjack wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem.

    Of course it is. If someone doesn't like polls, or doesn't want to read a poll thread, they have the option *not* to click on it. If they choose to do so anyway, knowing they are bothered by polls, that is their own fault, not the person who posted it.

    Also, I just checked the first 5 pages of the forum, and besides this thread there are only 2 other polls. So not only are there *not* a lot of polls, but people have the option *not* to click on them.

    Man has a point, the only reason I came here was to see what the grandnagus wrote, I did not vote in the poll.

    I voted no just out of spite... ;)
  • gofasternowgofasternow Member Posts: 1,390 Arc User
    No
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    On the other hand, though, that I don't mind polls; I mind one-sided polls.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 58,005 Community Moderator
    No
    The only reason the ability to make polls was used a lot right after the forum migration was because we were finally able to make our own polls. It was a new shiny. As time went on, that shiny lost its shiny and its back to business as usual.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,823 Arc User
    Yes
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    Having the greatest discipline in the world doesn't stop that little poll tag from appearing every third post like it has been some days...
  • comrademococomrademoco Member Posts: 1,694 Bug Hunter
    edited August 2015
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.



    What Nagus said...

    I personally don't have a problem with polls, is just that people went way too out of hand with them, to the point where people have to create a poll to ask about polls... mouse-9.giftiger-9.giftiger-10.gif
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,165 Arc User
    lianthelia wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    Having the greatest discipline in the world doesn't stop that little poll tag from appearing every third post like it has been some days...

    If you don't like polls, that little tag tells you what *not* to click on. So I'm not seeing what the problem is.
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  • comrademococomrademoco Member Posts: 1,694 Bug Hunter
    how much we wanna start betting *mentally* this thread is going for a lock soon??? tiger-1.gif​​
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  • tempus64tempus64 Member Posts: 806 Arc User
    My vote would be other. Ban users who make polls about polls. Wasn't doing this actually a no no?
  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    You forgot the option for 'sod off with meta polls'. ​​
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  • rakija879rakija879 Member Posts: 646 Arc User
    salazarraze wrote: »
    Also State your reasons in a post if you like.

    While we are at it, lets make a new one to decide if you should get a ban for making stupid polls.
  • sovereign47sovereign47 Member Posts: 399 Arc User
    No
    I'm going with no. Yes, there were a lot of them some time earlier when we switched to these forums, but now they come in lesser quantity. It would be best thing to create a special sub-forum for polls only so people who don't like them could avoid them very easily and people who do would know where to go.
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  • kittyflofykittyflofy Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    Yes
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem.

    Of course it is. If someone doesn't like polls, or doesn't want to read a poll thread, they have the option *not* to click on it. If they choose to do so anyway, knowing they are bothered by polls, that is their own fault, not the person who posted it.

    Also, I just checked the first 5 pages of the forum, and besides this thread there are only 2 other polls. So not only are there *not* a lot of polls, but people have the option *not* to click on them.

    THE only problem was that the forums started to be filled with stupid and useless polls. That was the only problem all the time. Not that people want or dont want to "click" lol.

    If people dont have a clue how to make a decent poll, they should skip it instead giving us dumb options and an incomplete poll.
  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    Yes
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem.

    Of course it is. If someone doesn't like polls, or doesn't want to read a poll thread, they have the option *not* to click on it. If they choose to do so anyway, knowing they are bothered by polls, that is their own fault, not the person who posted it.

    Also, I just checked the first 5 pages of the forum, and besides this thread there are only 2 other polls. So not only are there *not* a lot of polls, but people have the option *not* to click on them.

    True, but they don't have the option to filter out all of the useless, badly written, poorly thought up, biased and down right nonsensical polls in broken engrish, you can't always tell form the title whether it's a poll that's worth reading, and once you've clicked that link and read it you can't unread it. I'm happy to vote on polls if they're worth it, but so far they've been nothing but useless dross and a waste of my time.

    Get rid of polls or at least heavily moderate them I say, polls should go into a limbo state where they have to be approved by a moderator before they become visible and there should be a strict set of rules governing them.
  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    No
    It was abused in the first couple weeks, but seems to be much better now.
    Having polls isn't the issue (the old forums had polls, you know)
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    tacofangs wrote: »
    It was abused in the first couple weeks, but seems to be much better now.
    Having polls isn't the issue (the old forums had polls, you know)

    Did it!? I don't remember any.
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    '...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
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  • kittyflofykittyflofy Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    Yes
    artan42 wrote: »
    tacofangs wrote: »
    It was abused in the first couple weeks, but seems to be much better now.
    Having polls isn't the issue (the old forums had polls, you know)

    Did it!? I don't remember any.

    I cant remember either lol.
  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    Yes
    Yes it did, but we couldn't use them, you had to have certain permissions to create polls.
  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    Yes
    double post
  • mosul33mosul33 Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    Yes
    lsegn wrote: »
    cidjack wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    The problem is not polls, but a lack of self control. If you don't like polls, don't click on them. It's really just that simple. But if you don't like polls, yet still click on them anyway, then that means you have a lack of self control. That is a personal problem that you will have to deal with, but not a reason for anyone to change anything about this forum.

    That is not the problem.

    Of course it is. If someone doesn't like polls, or doesn't want to read a poll thread, they have the option *not* to click on it. If they choose to do so anyway, knowing they are bothered by polls, that is their own fault, not the person who posted it.

    Also, I just checked the first 5 pages of the forum, and besides this thread there are only 2 other polls. So not only are there *not* a lot of polls, but people have the option *not* to click on them.

    Man has a point, the only reason I came here was to see what the grandnagus wrote, I did not vote in the poll.

    I voted no just out of spite... ;)

    I voted Yes out of spite lol

    But yeah, joking aside, on most of other forums, polls are disabled and only allowed if asked an admin/mod about it.
  • asdfjkadfjkasfasdfjkadfjkasf Member Posts: 345 Media Corps
    No
    I like polls, they are nice and easy to vote in, don't always have to comment to have an opinion!
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  • crusader2007crusader2007 Member Posts: 1,797 Arc User
    No
    I love polls about polls monkey-47.gif​​
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  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    No.

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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    No
    The novelty seems to have worn off, as I expected it would, so they are not being spammed constantly. It doesn't bother me unless people start flaming each other or make a poll with insulting options. And that IMO can be handled under existing rules, and not some sort of poll restriction.

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  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    John Diefenbaker, former Canadian prime minister once said;
    "Dogs know best what to do with polls."

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