Do you like answering polls

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:01 pm

Be honest.

sscritic · Post by **sscritic** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:03 pm

Harold,

You made one mistake in your poll. The new poll style does not use question marks. The correct poll would be
Do you like answering polls

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:06 pm

Yes, I realized that just after I created this.

Maybe I'll create a new one:

Do you like using punctuation in polls

khh · Post by **khh** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:47 pm

Yes, if they speak English.

sscritic · Post by **sscritic** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:48 pm

khh wrote:Yes, if they speak English.

Many Poles do.

RRP · Post by **RRP** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:47 am

If one doesn't respond to polls, would one respond to yours? Wouldn't this lead to skewed results?

FabLab · Post by **FabLab** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:53 am

Some are fun, others, one wonders of what purpose.

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:30 am

I don't do polls, that is why I voted no.

Midpack · Post by **Midpack** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:34 am

Unless they're poorly conceived, why not?

Grt2bOutdoors · Post by **Grt2bOutdoors** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:38 am

Depends on the question.
A better question to ask is which forum member asks the most questions in a poll format. I would recommend "Jumpin" as one who develops at least one poll question per week.

mptfan · Post by **mptfan** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:39 am

Do I really have to be honest? Honestly?

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:41 am

If any poll were ever going to be unanimous -- this should have been the one ...

sscritic · Post by **sscritic** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:53 am

I do a lot of things I don't like to do. Some of them even voluntarily, like answering this poll.

G-Money · Post by **G-Money** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:46 am

Harold wrote:If any poll were ever going to be unanimous -- this should have been the one ...

Nah. Maybe if the poll was phrased: "Are you answering this poll?". But even then, you'd need everyone to answer truthfully.

empb · Post by **empb** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:41 am

Not as much as jumpin likes making them.

WolfpackFan · Post by **WolfpackFan** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:43 am

What's an answering poll?

Midpack · Post by **Midpack** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:04 pm

G-Money wrote:Maybe if the poll was phrased: "Are you answering this poll?". But even then, you'd need everyone to answer truthfully.

Priceless... :lol

chaz · Post by **chaz** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:22 pm

Harold wrote:Be honest.

I can't. Sorry.

HueyLD · Post by **HueyLD** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:52 pm

When I first joined the BH forum, polls were mostly investment and finance related and I did participate on a regular basis.

However, we have had mostly non-investment and boring polls recently and I no longer participate in them unless my user name is mentioned by someone in a poll thread.

dratkinson · Post by **dratkinson** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:26 pm

I believe this poll under represents the people who don't answer polls.

Lets see... ~25K registered members, minus the "yes" answers to this poll, equals the true "no" count.

BenBritt · Post by **BenBritt** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:36 pm

Sometimes.

no_name · Post by **no_name** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:42 am

empb wrote:Not as much as jumpin likes making them.

My risk tolerance is higher than yours.

The Wizard · Post by **The Wizard** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:01 am

dratkinson wrote:I believe this poll under represents the people who don't answer polls.

Lets see... ~25K registered members, minus the "yes" answers to this poll, equals the true "no" count.

9600 of those "registered members" are non-participants: they have ZERO posts...

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:06 am

dratkinson wrote:I believe this poll under represents the people who don't answer polls.

Lets see... ~25K registered members, minus the "yes" answers to this poll, equals the true "no" count.

More like: ~25K-9600 active members (or whatever the active member number is), minus the "yes" answers to this poll, and minus the "no" answers to this poll, equals the true "no" count.

VictoriaF · Post by **VictoriaF** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:14 pm

Based on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, polls detract from a meaningful discussion. It's impossible to know simultaneously and precisely one's position in a poll and one's momentous opinion about the corresponding subject.

Victoria

Kenkat · Post by **Kenkat** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:43 pm

I love answering polls! I have a short attention span and so polls let

Fletch · Post by **Fletch** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:19 pm

VictoriaF wrote:Based on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, polls detract from a meaningful discussion. It's impossible to know simultaneously and precisely one's position in a poll and one's momentous opinion about the corresponding subject.

Victoria

Good one Victoria!

But then again,

Oh drat, is the cat alive or dead? Or both?

... E. Schrödinger's Cat

CaliJim · Post by **CaliJim** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:01 pm

Only when "42" is one of the choices.

CaliJim · Post by **CaliJim** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:05 pm

Schrodinger's cat is alive...and its pawback time

http://i.imgur.com/M82Lo.jpg

ndchamp · Post by **ndchamp** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:07 pm

I love to answer polls, but I tend to lie on my responses.

CaliJim · Post by **CaliJim** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:07 pm

I always lie.

sscritic · Post by **sscritic** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:10 pm

CaliJim wrote:I always lie.

I try always to lie, but I am getting old and forgetful, so sometimes I slip and tell the truth, or whatever the current version of the truth is in my mind. Sometimes I forget which is the truth and which is the lie.

LH · Post by LH » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:39 pm

you need a third option:

no, but I am masochistic

chaz · Post by **chaz** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:48 pm

LH wrote:you need a third option:

no, but I am masochistic

Funny.

CaliJim · Post by **CaliJim** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:50 am

I don't always do polls, but when I do, I mark them with dos equis.

graveday · Post by **graveday** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:42 am

Is this a facebook kind of question?

graveday · Post by **graveday** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:44 am

CaliJim wrote:I don't always do polls, but when I do, I do mark them with dos equis.

OP may have dos equis marks on eyelids.

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