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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:17 PM
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DU's poll system is an embaressment!
Members shouldn't be able to see the results until they vote.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:20 PM
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1. Why?
Seeing how others voted doesn't change how I vote.
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:24 PM
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5. That may not be true for everyone
I think it skews the results over 100 people
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:21 PM
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2. ?????????????????????????????
Member-created DU polls are about as unscientific as you can get. They are just for fun. Surely you realize this?
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:26 PM
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6. Thanks for insulting my intelligence.
Yeah I understand polling.

These polls are an intersting way to see what people think on DU and you can get out a message by the way you frame your poll.

It's called : "push polling".

There, now hopefully we are even.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:43 PM
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20. yes, but push polling can serve a purpose too, biased but a purpose
and voting is a choice. Interesting to see who votes and what they have to say about it also.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 01:10 PM
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23. Wow... are you having a really bad day?
Edited on Thu Jun-15-06 01:11 PM by hlthe2b
You provided no context nor explanation to your subject line. I responded, assuming you were serious and not sarcastic. Others had no clue what you were trying to say either. No one was insulting you, just trying to figure out what you were trying to say. Why the enormous chip on your shoulder? :shrug:

(from your reaction, you'd think I'd commented on your spelling--which I did not, assuming it was merely a typo):shrug:
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:22 PM
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3. Yes. Heaven forbid anonymous people on the Internet be swayed by
how many people have selected "less filling" vs. "tastes great" before they decide.

:wtf:

Online polling is nonscientific; online polling in membership-based communities is even more so. What's it matter?
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:27 PM
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7. Is everything non-scientific worthless?
Like say the bible?
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:29 PM
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10. But WHY is it non-scientific?
I mean, where better to find a group of people who actually WILL vote in the Democratic primaries to see who they favor?

It's better than the 600 people the corporate media calls randomnly and labels as "likely" voters to get their take on non-issues.

:shrug:
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tcfrogs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:34 PM
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14. I always vote tastes great!!!!!!!
How ya' doin', eyesroll!
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:22 PM
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4. 'Embaressment' is an embarassment.
The average poll on DU is just for fun anyway. And on that note, Robb is a dingbat.
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:27 PM
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8. touche.
spelling errors are just hilarious.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 02:35 PM
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24. '
:loveya: :thumbsup:
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:45 PM
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25. Score one for haruka!
:rofl::rofl:
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:29 PM
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9. Ahhhhhh shaaaaaadddduuuuuuupppppp
n/t
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:30 PM
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11. Very mature
Don't run with the scissors ok?
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:32 PM
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12. Only if you're around, sweetheart
:*
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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26. *chokes on spittle*
:rofl::rofl:
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:33 PM
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13. You should do a poll on this.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:35 PM
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15. yes, someone should do a poll
:D
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:39 PM
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16. ask, and you shall recieve
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5269763
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:40 PM
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17. :D
I just voted. Do I need to reveal my vote? :)
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:41 PM
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19. quick, let me go look
no
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:40 PM
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18. LOL.
:hi:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 11:45 PM
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21. Doesn't embaresstimate me.
Like, a poll that allows commentary below it has a chance of not swaying votes.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:29 AM
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22. That's the way most message board software's polling works, actually.
But more importantly: Who really gives a shit?
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