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Re: "How about we test a poll?"
Yeah, changing your vote is allowed, in case you misclicked or changed your mind.
2023-05-15 · 2 months ago
1. It's fine
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2. Super
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3. Boxtacular!
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26 votes were cast.
Maybe there should be a time limit on the changing to preserve some integrity in the result. Or I guess once the number of votes is high enough changing a couple won't affect the results.
IMHO polls should end at a certain time. After it has ended, votes cannot be changed anymore.
I think if polls can end at a certain time that should at least be optional. Personally, I like polls the way they are right now.
I would like to have a possibility to see the results without voting.
@emilis That is now possible by disabling your client cert when viewing the page.
Of course, there would be nicer ways to do it... However, I do want to encourage poll participation. That is why new polls have their own notification type that gets sent to all users when a new poll is posted.
@satch If polls have no end time, they are not actionable, because the result can change in the future.
If you want to use a poll to decide on a feature for the community, which voted in the polls, then you have to take screenshots a certain time to prove the result, which is a weak proof.
Also, the poller can arbitrarily skew the results by deciding when to use the then current result as the end result. They just wait and pick.
2023-05-16 · 2 months ago
@emilis I was thinking about commenting that as well, but decided against it. Pollees, me included, could be influenced by seeing the results first.
Good points @michaelnordmeyer. I will probably add a configurable duration value for the poll after which voting will close.
BTW, it's interesting, that the least important entry on geminispace.org (polls) gets the most engagement.
haha
i agree that there are real advantages to having set end times for any kind of formal poll
If polls are required to have a time out duration, I think that there should be a very long option available.
Boxcelceor!
2023-05-24 · 2 months ago
How about we test a poll? — Bubble's polls have neat bar graphs done with box drawing characters. How is this working for everyone: