A DU poll regarding online polls

[progressoid]

So how many online polls did you vote in after the Democratic debate?

If you didn't vote in any online polls, please choose the PASS option.





(yes, I see the irony in this )

6 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	I voted ONCE in ONE poll
	1 (17%)
	I voted in ONCE in TWO polls
	1 (17%)
	I voted in ONCE in THREE polls
	2 (33%)
	I voted in ONCE in FOUR polls
	0 (0%)
	I voted in ONCE in FIVE or more polls
	1 (17%)
	I voted multiple times in ONE poll
	0 (0%)
	I voted multiple times in TWO polls
	1 (17%)
	I voted multiple times in THREE polls
	0 (0%)
	I voted multiple times in FOUR polls
	0 (0%)
	I voted multiple times in FIVE or more polls
	0 (0%)
	4 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[FSogol]

1. I only vote in the most scientific of polls. Sniff

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. I may need to change my number from two to three!!

If I vote in this poll - does this count - I may need to change from two to three

[Renew Deal]

3. You guys are over analyzing this stuff

[cosmicone]

4. Oh brother ..... n/t

[ismnotwasm]

5. This is the Thread win of the day

[brooklynite]

6. Sorry, but I don't vote in online polls.....

[arcane1]

7. This all gives me flashbacks to the days when "DU This Poll!!" was a common OP n/t

[Cerridwen]

8. "Disclaimer: This is an internet poll" Bottom, right corner of your poll.

time's disclaimer is a bit more expanded and looks more like the disclaimers from the old days. Any other "old time" DUers remember any of this? "Quick! DU this poll!!!111 It's being freeped!!!!" I also learned that you can vote then clear your cache used to vote as many times as you like. That was about the time I stopped bothering to even read online polls.

Oh, remember those disclaimers? Like the one below used by time about the DNC debate.


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http://time.com/4071956/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll-who-won/

DISCLAIMER: This web poll is not scientific. It reflects opinions of site visitors who voluntarily participate. Results may not represent the opinions of the public as a whole.

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[stevenleser]

13. All-of-a-sudden none of that means anything according to many here.

[Cerridwen]

14. I don't go to r/w sources who use questionable polls

I don't go to r/w sources who use questionable polling companies to confirm my biases or validate my views either.

[stevenleser]

15. Excellent. Please post another scientific poll on the debate for us to examine.

In the absence of that, we can account for Rasmussen or Gravis or anyone else by applying their normal error rate.

We can apply that error rate because they are scientific polls and we know from past experience that they are off by 3-5 percent.

[Cerridwen]

18. Why? I can post poll after poll that shows

The number of American's who doubt whether Obama is a Christian.

The number of American's who think President Obama wasn't born in the US.

The number of American's who can't find Israel on a map; or any other country in the Middle East or Northern Africa for that matter.

At the end of the day, the headlines read like this:

"How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB?"

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/international_papers/2004/11/brits_to_america_youre_idiots.html

I came to DU long ago to get away from r/w tactics, lies, obfuscation, and dirty tricks. I didn't come here to use those tactics on fellow Democrats; no matter how I feel about the party. The r/wers can do their own freaking work. The stenographic media gives them enough help.

[stevenleser]

20. There is no need for all that drama. We know conservative polls skew by 3-5 points. Just account for

it.

If those are the only scientific polls available, apply the curve and be done with it.

[progressoid]

17. Hence, the statement about irony.

[Cerridwen]

19. I know. I'm sorry. I meant to say something in my reply to you.

I got what you were saying and I had a feeling you had seen that on the poll screen.

Sorry again.

[bigwillq]

9. None (nt)

[Lizzie Poppet]

10. Pass (I don't vote in online polls).

Oh, wait...I just did.

Shit.

[whatchamacallit]

11. I didn't vote in any polls of any kind

I don't get why the popularity contest is our focus.

[Fearless]

12. Voted in the Facebook/CNN poll

Felt it was appropriate as they had hosted it.

Also the Slate poll, because I had seen someone talking about it.

And the DailyKos poll, because I came across it while wandering the internet.

[wyldwolf]

16. There is a seldom quoted part of DU's TOS. Gather 'round kids for a story...

If memory serves, way back in the day, someone, through a bot or other fancy coding means, discovered a way to vote a bunch of times in DU polls. That person was banned. Here was the resulting TOS section:

Don't post malicious code or mess with the software.

Do not attempt to intentionally interfere with or exploit the operation of the Democratic Underground website or discussion forums (eg. by "post bombing" or using any other flooding techniques, by attempting to circumvent any restrictions placed on your account by the forum software, etc.) Do not post messages that contain software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or any malware or computer code designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software or hardware.

[olddots]

21. none

[PowerToThePeople]

22. Zero times.