Poll - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Sticky · 06-02-2003, 11:15 AM

If you read part or all of this thread vote "Yes" to the poll.

I was just reading the "Average TFP member age...?" (http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...&threadid=9483) and several people were wondering why so many members would view the thread but select their age and click submit.

This is just a little experiment to see how many people will vote in the poll and how many people will just read and pass it over.

I also want to see how many people will vote No (when they obviously read part of the thread)

I hope the results are interesting.

Mango · 06-02-2003, 11:47 AM

I voted no even though I read the whole thing.

Sticky · 06-02-2003, 11:49 AM

I knew that someone would.

SiN · 06-02-2003, 11:56 AM

read and voted yes.

SecretMethod70 · 06-02-2003, 11:58 AM

There are many reasons why someone may vote but not comment.

1) They don't want their opinion to be publicly known but would like its representation in the poll.

2) Other comments already summarized what they would have said and they chose not to post "me too"

3) They don't see the need to make a post with nothing but their age

Just to name a few.

Sticky · 06-02-2003, 12:02 PM

I know that there are many reasons why someone would vote and not comment, what i was interested in seeing was how many members view a thread with a simple poll question that is applicable to them but don't vote or comment.

Just interesting to see.

BBtB · 06-02-2003, 12:12 PM

Isn't this the type of thing we have tilted nonsense for?

Sticky · 06-02-2003, 12:28 PM

Yes, I should have posted this in nonsense but I clicked new thread while I was reading the "Average TFP member age...?" (http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showth...=&threadid=9483) thread in the Genereal Discussion section.

If a Moderator wants to move it, that's fine with me (not that I would have a choice if they did want to move it).

I think this could develop into discussion. For example, there are only 14 votes yet there are 45 views. Why is that?

Snoogans · 06-02-2003, 12:31 PM

I voted yes. But the concept doesn't work if people check the thread again to see what other people wrote...

obelix · 06-02-2003, 12:32 PM

i read just enough to make a vote :P

krwlz · 06-02-2003, 12:42 PM

Read the whole thing, Dont know why...Honestly this expiriment doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me....

rogue49 · 06-02-2003, 01:05 PM

I just like taking polls.

impirius7 · 06-02-2003, 02:32 PM

maybe some people honestly don't care enough to vote. i read all of this and voted yes though.

phredgreen · 06-02-2003, 02:48 PM

perhaps because a view is logged each time the page loads. you view the page once. one view. you vote in the poll and the page reloads. another view. you write a response and post it. another view. you realize you fucked up and edit that post, another view. you check it back later to see how it's doing. another view. you're bored so you reload the page to see how your poll is going. another view.

just imagine everyone doing this and you soon realize why number of views to the number of actual responses/votes isn't really all that accurate.

hotzot · 06-02-2003, 06:25 PM

yes what?

MSD · 06-02-2003, 08:25 PM

Now if only we could separate teh number of people who viewed it from the number of views ...

bundy · 06-02-2003, 10:09 PM

no thanks - not today...

Carma · 06-03-2003, 06:48 AM

read and voted

Willowsr · 06-03-2003, 07:22 AM

*smile* I voted and posted... looks like we've got a discussion going too... *smile* I'll be back...

G_Whiz · 06-03-2003, 08:22 AM

This is an interesting concept for a poll. Obviously, I voted just to prove that I can follow instructions.

Sticky · 06-03-2003, 03:01 PM

<b>phredgreen</b>, that is even more sad. Maybe that means that there are only about 50 of us who actually post (vote/comment) on TFP on an ongoing basis.

Where is everyone else?

World's King · 06-03-2003, 05:50 PM

I don't get this.

*Nikki* · 06-03-2003, 07:08 PM

I smiled when I saw this. Had to stop by and mark my little spot.

MrFlux · 06-03-2003, 08:07 PM

Quite often if there's a poll I'll just vote but not comment, the only time I don't vote is if there's no option that applies to me or whatever... I voted yes.

Miekle · 06-03-2003, 08:48 PM

I voted yes... at first I wanted to vote no even though I read it but then I read on and found someone else did already

darksparkles · 06-03-2003, 09:59 PM

i read it, voted "no" anyway. heh. that was before i read how it was an experiment, though, so there you go.

KeyserSoze · 06-03-2003, 10:49 PM

I refuse to vote unless you give me one of those little stickers that say...I VOTED TODAY!!

Meridae'n · 06-03-2003, 11:39 PM

My cursor vote yes... i abstained

Force 10 · 06-04-2003, 08:16 PM

Ha! I read it all and I refuse to be a number!!!! I am not a number, I am a free man! I no vote. Shit, now I'm a number.

LutherMac · 06-04-2003, 08:29 PM

Read and voted here... why... no idea...

absorbentishe · 06-05-2003, 01:01 PM

I voted, then read, just because...

Macheath · 06-05-2003, 02:10 PM

You want to see how many people vote "no"?

Do you ENJOY playing mind games with contrarians.

Frowning Budah · 06-06-2003, 02:00 PM

Regarding the age thing, I did just the opposite. I commented but didn't vote. I wanted to explain. It takes all kinds.

Mr. Mojo · 06-06-2003, 03:59 PM

I read all and now i am blind.

Magpie0001 · 06-06-2003, 04:41 PM

I was initially attracted by the subject "Poll:Poll" Voted & posted.

DEI37 · 06-06-2003, 06:14 PM

I voted no, for two reasons. One, to be an ass, and two, because it said to vote yes...I'm a rebel, I tell ya...a rebel!

spectre · 06-06-2003, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sticky
If a Moderator wants to move it, that's fine with me (not that I would have a choice if they did want to move it).

Normally, I would move this, but I think this is a great little social experiment.

I voted no, even though I did read every post to this thread. Just felt like being a little different.

phredgreen · 06-06-2003, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spectre
Just felt like being a little different.

you rebel.

what's even worse is how people will check back on this thread to see what others have written and how the poll is going, increasing an artificial view count even further.

i assure you, never judge a thread by its view count.

Sticky · 03-22-2005, 01:50 PM

Just a little update
(I should have updated this sooner as it is almost two years since the last comment)

309 views
37 Posts

But only 74 votes.

I wonder if phredgren was right that it may just be about 30 of us coming back here plus the 44 other people who voted that made the number of view bump up to 309.

Or do poeple view and refuse to weigh in on such a simple poll?

Karby · 03-22-2005, 02:10 PM

i voted yes, but i only read a little of this thread.

View Poll Results: Vote Yes to the poll.
Yes	111	77.08%
No	33	22.92%
Voters: 144. You may not vote on this poll

06-02-2003, 11:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
SiN strangelove Location: ...more here than there...	read and voted yes. __________________ - + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach

06-02-2003, 11:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	There are many reasons why someone may vote but not comment. 1) They don't want their opinion to be publicly known but would like its representation in the poll. 2) Other comments already summarized what they would have said and they chose not to post "me too" 3) They don't see the need to make a post with nothing but their age Just to name a few. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

06-02-2003, 12:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	Isn't this the type of thing we have tilted nonsense for? __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"

06-02-2003, 12:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
Snoogans Veteran Location: Uppsala, Sweden	I voted yes. But the concept doesn't work if people check the thread again to see what other people wrote... __________________ Internet hint: If someone's asking if what they do is weird, it always is.

06-02-2003, 11:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sticky	Poll If you read part or all of this thread vote "Yes" to the poll. I was just reading the "Average TFP member age...?" (http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...&threadid=9483) and several people were wondering why so many members would view the thread but select their age and click submit. This is just a little experiment to see how many people will vote in the poll and how many people will just read and pass it over. I also want to see how many people will vote No (when they obviously read part of the thread) I hope the results are interesting. __________________ Sticky The Stickman Last edited by Sticky; 06-02-2003 at 11:18 AM..

06-02-2003, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mango Banned	I voted no even though I read the whole thing.

06-02-2003, 11:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sticky	I knew that someone would. __________________ Sticky The Stickman

06-02-2003, 12:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sticky	I know that there are many reasons why someone would vote and not comment, what i was interested in seeing was how many members view a thread with a simple poll question that is applicable to them but don't vote or comment. Just interesting to see. __________________ Sticky The Stickman

06-02-2003, 12:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sticky	Yes, I should have posted this in nonsense but I clicked new thread while I was reading the "Average TFP member age...?" (http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showth...=&threadid=9483) thread in the Genereal Discussion section. If a Moderator wants to move it, that's fine with me (not that I would have a choice if they did want to move it). I think this could develop into discussion. For example, there are only 14 votes yet there are 45 views. Why is that? __________________ Sticky The Stickman

06-02-2003, 12:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
obelix Insane Location: Calgary, AB	i read just enough to make a vote :P __________________ no substance

06-02-2003, 12:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	Read the whole thing, Dont know why...Honestly this expiriment doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me....

06-02-2003, 01:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	I just like taking polls.

06-02-2003, 02:32 PM	#13 (permalink)
impirius7 Banned	maybe some people honestly don't care enough to vote. i read all of this and voted yes though.

06-02-2003, 02:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
phredgreen who? Location: the phoenix metro	perhaps because a view is logged each time the page loads. you view the page once. one view. you vote in the poll and the page reloads. another view. you write a response and post it. another view. you realize you fucked up and edit that post, another view. you check it back later to see how it's doing. another view. you're bored so you reload the page to see how your poll is going. another view. just imagine everyone doing this and you soon realize why number of views to the number of actual responses/votes isn't really all that accurate. __________________ My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. - Thomas Paine Last edited by phredgreen; 06-02-2003 at 02:52 PM..

06-02-2003, 06:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
hotzot We're having potato pancakes! Location: stalag 13	yes what? __________________ The Bully Boys are here!

06-03-2003, 06:48 AM	#18 (permalink)
Carma Upright	read and voted

06-03-2003, 05:50 PM	#22 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	I don't get this. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

06-03-2003, 11:39 PM	#28 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	My cursor vote yes... i abstained __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

06-02-2003, 08:25 PM	#16 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Now if only we could separate teh number of people who viewed it from the number of views ...

06-02-2003, 10:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	no thanks - not today... __________________ Ohayo!!!

06-03-2003, 07:22 AM	#19 (permalink)
Willowsr Banned Location: Columbus, OH	smile I voted and posted... looks like we've got a discussion going too... smile I'll be back...

06-03-2003, 08:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
G_Whiz Junkie Location: Northern California	This is an interesting concept for a poll. Obviously, I voted just to prove that I can follow instructions. __________________ If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

06-03-2003, 03:01 PM	#21 (permalink)
Sticky	<b>phredgreen</b>, that is even more sad. Maybe that means that there are only about 50 of us who actually post (vote/comment) on TFP on an ongoing basis. Where is everyone else? __________________ Sticky The Stickman

06-03-2003, 07:08 PM	#23 (permalink)
Nikki ~~~~~~~ Location: Charleston, SC	I smiled when I saw this. Had to stop by and mark my little spot.

06-03-2003, 08:07 PM	#24 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Quite often if there's a poll I'll just vote but not comment, the only time I don't vote is if there's no option that applies to me or whatever... I voted yes. __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

06-03-2003, 08:48 PM	#25 (permalink)
Miekle Insane Location: your front door...ding dong	I voted yes... at first I wanted to vote no even though I read it but then I read on and found someone else did already

06-03-2003, 09:59 PM	#26 (permalink)
darksparkles Insane Location: Seattle	i read it, voted "no" anyway. heh. that was before i read how it was an experiment, though, so there you go. __________________ "I could be the walrus ... I'd still have to bum rides off people." -Ferris Bueller.

06-03-2003, 10:49 PM	#27 (permalink)
KeyserSoze Psycho Location: Lost Angeles	I refuse to vote unless you give me one of those little stickers that say...I VOTED TODAY!! __________________ THERE IS NO KEYSER SOZE!!

06-04-2003, 08:16 PM	#29 (permalink)
Force 10 Had to leave this awesome space	Ha! I read it all and I refuse to be a number!!!! I am not a number, I am a free man! I no vote. Shit, now I'm a number.

06-04-2003, 08:29 PM	#30 (permalink)
LutherMac Crazy Location: St. Louis, MO	Read and voted here... why... no idea... __________________ Always remember that you are unique... just like everyone else!

06-05-2003, 01:01 PM	#31 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	I voted, then read, just because...

06-05-2003, 02:10 PM	#32 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	You want to see how many people vote "no"? Do you ENJOY playing mind games with contrarians.

06-06-2003, 02:00 PM	#33 (permalink)
Frowning Budah Slave of Fear	Regarding the age thing, I did just the opposite. I commented but didn't vote. I wanted to explain. It takes all kinds.

06-06-2003, 03:59 PM	#34 (permalink)
Mr. Mojo Addict Location: NYC	I read all and now i am blind. __________________ When I jerk off I feel good for about twenty seconds and then WHAM it's right back into suicidal depression

06-06-2003, 04:41 PM	#35 (permalink)
Magpie0001 Nobody Loves Me Location: Irish In Madrid	I was initially attracted by the subject "Poll:Poll" Voted & posted. __________________ Music is my first love & It will be my last.

06-06-2003, 06:14 PM	#36 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	I voted no, for two reasons. One, to be an ass, and two, because it said to vote yes...I'm a rebel, I tell ya...a rebel! __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

03-22-2005, 01:50 PM	#39 (permalink)
Sticky	Just a little update (I should have updated this sooner as it is almost two years since the last comment) 309 views 37 Posts But only 74 votes. I wonder if phredgren was right that it may just be about 30 of us coming back here plus the 44 other people who voted that made the number of view bump up to 309. Or do poeple view and refuse to weigh in on such a simple poll? __________________ Sticky The Stickman

03-22-2005, 02:10 PM	#40 (permalink)
Karby Psycho Location: somewhere	i voted yes, but i only read a little of this thread. __________________ ~my karma ran over my dogma.~