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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:43 PM Jun 2016

Yes, I'm taking credit for this. Fraudulent pollster Overtime Politics is no longer a hosted site

And has returned to bihira.com.

Absolutely no one is going to convince me that my expose on this asshole wasn't the catalyst for this complete dismantling of web presence.

Damn, does it feel good to see outfits like this disappear.

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Yes, I'm taking credit for this. Fraudulent pollster Overtime Politics is no longer a hosted site (Original Post) Godhumor Jun 2016 OP
Good job! lunamagica Jun 2016 #1
Nice! Agschmid Jun 2016 #2
Interesting time to disappear. I smell republican dirty tricks.nt sufrommich Jun 2016 #3
Good job. I was very suspicious of them as well. DCBob Jun 2016 #4
Nicely done. n/t FSogol Jun 2016 #5
Thank you Godhumor.--so much. riversedge Jun 2016 #6
Wikipedia already came to the same conclusion. Jim Lane Jun 2016 #7
Nah, I think they've gone extinct for good Godhumor Jun 2016 #8
No idea what you're talking about, no content or backstory here at all... ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #9
Here: grossproffit Jun 2016 #10
Thank you. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #11
More of a thread for people who were following this saga back at the beginning of the year Godhumor Jun 2016 #12
Thank you for the explanation. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #13
Wow ucrdem Jun 2016 #14

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
4. Good job. I was very suspicious of them as well.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:54 PM
Jun 2016

Some on this site used them repeatedly to show polling beneficial to Bernie.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
7. Wikipedia already came to the same conclusion.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:50 PM
Jun 2016

There was a discussion among editors about whether this outfit's polls should be included. I cited and linked to your analysis in arguing against it, and that opinion prevailed. The reports of Overtime Politics polls results were removed from Wikipedia a few months ago.

I appreciate the update. It's unlikely that anyone on Wikipedia will try to resurrect this issue, but if happens, I'll point out your latest finding.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
8. Nah, I think they've gone extinct for good
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 10:55 AM
Jun 2016

I remember following your wiki conversations. Glad the sane prevailed.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
12. More of a thread for people who were following this saga back at the beginning of the year
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 11:08 AM
Jun 2016

Basically a website called Overtime started up last quarter of last year and began posting polls from three or four states each week. These polls inevitably showed Bernie outperforming wildest dreams but we're quickly embraced by certain areas of the internet. The problems were that he only polled states other people weren't polling, so there would be no comparisons for validity, and he claimed to ask only a single question ("who are you voting for?&quot and tallying results.

As he earned more followers, he did an AMA and even had Pollster contact him about adding his polls into aggregation (They declined after realizing he had no controls or demographics).

I had my suspicions about the validity of his polls right from the start, but, early in 2016, he decided to add demographic data to his results to try and get into aggregation (and get bigger). The problem was that once he released demographic info, I could get in and assess the kind of work he was doing. However, what I found was that he just made up numbers and wasn't actually polling.

My post on it went through various channels, eventually got back to him, and he started trying to defend himself on his site. That did not go particularly well.

He faded out completely around the Michigan Primary and the site's hosting just went defunct.

Good times.

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