DU should get rid of the poll feature

[mikelgb]

they are internet polls therefore unscientific and completely meaningless

[BlooInBloo]

1. Nah - but even Kucinich people should acknowledge reality at some point.

[ohio2007]

22. ba da boom !

[trumad]

35. Snarf... good one.

[Nutmegger]

2. ???

I think they're fun. It gives people the "pulse" of what DUers are thinking.

[MidwestTransplant]

3. I think first we should take a poll to see how many agree!

[ohio2007]

23. that would be skewed towards those who love to vote early and often

weird science

[JFN1]

4. Yeah!

And while we're at it, we should strike all uses of the letter 'z'. I mean come on - look at it - all smug and superior, just sitting there, alphabetting at us...

[Sparkly]

9. 'X' has been pissed for years, asking to move. nt

[JuniperLea]

28. I love X!

I live in the X household... my name is Juniper X... X marks the spot...


Z can be so childish!



My marauding Peep bunnie army is going to go eat all the Z's in the world! Mmmwwwwwaaahahahhahhaha... That's evil laughter... I know... weak!

[flyingfysh]

5. I agree, they are useless

If I weren't being lazy at the moment, I would set up a poll on that.

[Lex]

6. You mean taking a poll on a messageboard isn't scientific??!11

Wow.

[Xenotime]

29. So much for my Theory of Democratic Cognition and Complex Reasoning

All the time I wasted this really PISSES me off!!

[Deja Q]

7. Nonsense. They only represent the current opinions of those who bother to respond.

That's why even national opinion polls are ones I'd take with a grain of a bucket full of salt.

[Bluebear]

8. I know you're going for a point but I agree with you. "Majority rule" is unamerican,

[panader0]

10. I think they should get rid of the locking feature too.

If people don't want to get into the arguemment, they should stay out of it.

[Sparkly]

11. We know they're unscientific. nt

[angstlessk]

12. Specially since ONLY contributors can do polls..and YOU my friend

are no contributor!

[mikelgb]

15. not this quarter

i'm broke

[Blue_Tires]

13. this thread has potential, baby!

[DemGa]

14. I think they give a pretty good indication of how people

who visit this site feel on a given topic. But is this too obvious?

[mikelgb]

18. my post was sarcastic

I have been given this response several times in regard to internet poll about Kucinich...

I agree that they are not perfect indicators of the electorate

but they do mean SOMETHING

over 10,000 respondents voting for a particular candidate means something

maybe it means that candidate has more spirited supporters who zealously vote again and again for their candidate...

maybe it means more...

don't discount them entirely is all I'm saying

[rinsd]

16. I don't see anyone claiming DU polls as proof of anything.

Well except for Kucinich supporters who used to cite DU polls as proof of his popularity.

But I don't think that is what you were going for.

[thereismore]

17. I agree! All polls live for a few minutes and mean nothing. I don't read them. nt

[scarletwoman]

19. People LOVE to do polls. Taking them away would just be mean. (nt)

[Kingshakabobo]

20. I like to vote

[Canuckistanian]

24. I'm an excellent driver

[Individualist]

21. You're right. Not only are results no reason to celebrate,

but proponents of a particular viewpoint will determine the outcome.

[jgraz]

25. Yes. Maybe we should get rid of threads while we're at it.

They are also unscientific and completely meaningless.

[JuniperLea]

26. You should ignore them if you feel that way...

DU polls poll DU, and as such, give a darn good report back on what DU thinks. No one ever claimed they were accurate for the entire population.

I love the DU polls!

If you get them removed, I'll set my marauding band of Peeps bunnies after you!!

[TroglodyteScholar]

27. I agree as well

They're a waste of space.

On edit: and I've seen some nasty flame wars grow out of some polls

[Kingshakabobo]

30. I've seen some nasty flame wars grow out of a picture of a flower.

What's yer point?:)

[TroglodyteScholar]

31. I certainly can't argue with YER point...n/t

[rucky]

32. DU should lighten up.

It's a freaking message board, fer chrissakes!

I know you were being sarcastic, but there's plenty of folks here who would say that.


and they all feel the need to comment on polls

[TahitiNut]

33. Well, elections are "unscientific" as well. So, we should get rid of them.

Oops! I think we already have. :banghead:

[cgrindley]

34. Polls are only used for two purposes

1. flamebait
2. opportunities to revel in or encourage groupthink

every now and then there is an interesting one, but only very very rarely.

[Hosnon]

36. Completely meaningless? Not so...

They represent the opinions of DUers who are online at the time the poll is capable of being seen, actually see the poll, are interested enough in its content to click into it and tend to vote in online polls.

That's gotta mean something...

Edit: Content.