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Poll: Should the forum scrap polls? (124 member(s) have cast votes)

Should the forum scrap polls?

  1. Yes (38 votes [26.57%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 26.57%

  2. No (105 votes [73.43%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 73.43%

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#51 Dutchrudder

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 19:17

If you select ‘yes’ does the internet suddenly implode?

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#52 KWSN - DSM

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 19:26

Dutchrudder, on 15 Oct 2024 - 19:17, said:

If you select ‘yes’ does the internet suddenly implode?

 



#53 jonpollak

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 20:27

pacificquay, on 14 Oct 2024 - 21:35, said:

There are way too many polls on this forum.

Anja may take umbrage at that comment

Jp

#54 DeKnyff

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 20:51

I don't pay the slightest attention to polls and very seldom vote, but I don't see any reason for scraping them. I think they have a positive point, though: it's a good way to start a thread and keep the discussion in line.



#55 DeKnyff

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 20:54

milestone 11, on 15 Oct 2024 - 17:43, said:

At my grammar school, we had Thursday afternoons off and went to school Saturday mornings

 

Me too, but we had Wednesday afternoons off. Until 1970 or 71.



#56 FirstnameLastname

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 21:02

Ban all threads

#57 LolaB0860

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Posted 15 October 2024 - 21:02

But if we didn't make cheap and stupid polls, how would I have ever found out that majority here actually think Abu Dhabi isn't the worst race (TBH this was the biggest racing related shock of last year)

https://forums.autos...on-f1-calendar/

 

Or one my overly long polls where I asked which of you were intending to watch random local Porsche Carrera Cup race at Jeddah that wasn't even televised

https://forums.autos...itement-levels/


Edited by LolaB0860, 15 October 2024 - 21:03.


#58 Sparky68

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Posted 16 October 2024 - 10:52

milestone 11, on 15 Oct 2024 - 18:28, said:

It's acceptance of it that's difficult.  :blush:

It's better than the alternative



#59 tyker

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Posted 16 October 2024 - 12:38

pacificquay, on 14 Oct 2024 - 21:35, said:

There are way too many polls on this forum.

 

They mitigate against discussion because people can just click a box rather than explain them position.

 

The results are meaningless in any case.

 

I say get rid, and let’s talk about stuff instead.

Did you just create a paradox?  :well:



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#60 Deeq

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Posted 23 October 2024 - 20:40

tyker, on 16 Oct 2024 - 12:38, said:

Did you just create a paradox? :well:

Indeed, 1 unreliable poll to rules them all..would have been tiny teeny bit better without a poll 🙃
Seriously If the mood seemingly changes after say a couple of years how would we know If its genuin change?

#61 cjm321190

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Posted 24 October 2024 - 18:55

The scrapping polls forum has a poll. 🤣

#62 Nemo1965

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Posted 25 October 2024 - 10:35

pacificquay, on 14 Oct 2024 - 21:35, said:

There are way too many polls on this forum.

They mitigate against discussion because people can just click a box rather than explain them position.

The results are meaningless in any case.

I say get rid, and let’s talk about stuff instead.


I appreciate polls because they show all the time most posters by and large agree and are reasonable. While if you look at the threads hanging under a poll one could get the opposite impression.