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<blockquote data-quote="jaredmorgs" data-source="post: 151147" data-attributes="member: 459"><p>Doing a search for "Poll" in plain text, I uncovered no less than 57 individual polls since the forum was started. This does not include the thorough WesReviews series which the other mods beat me to moving (thanks guys). I'm not sure about the other forums, but it seems like General Discussion<strong>*</strong> was the dumping ground for polls because most folks read that forum, and there really wasn't anywhere else suitable for the content.</p><p></p><p>I see the amount of polls created over the last few years as a positive thing. What motivates members to create a poll in the first place is they want to get a true understanding of the forum's thinking. Bearing this in mind, I found it interesting to read back through the offered polls and see what topics folks felt passionate enough about to take the time to craft a poll for. To me, poll topics serve as a reminder of the Zeitgeist of the forum past.</p><p></p><p>A good poll can help unite members and make them collectively think about a topic. There is an art to making a solid poll. Some members display this (look at some of the older posts I've migrated for stellar examples).</p><p></p><p>So if you are thinking of making a poll, consider what your poll will look like two years down the road when new users come onto the forum. If you are new to making them, take an historic walk down memory lane and look for those examples that make you think "dayum, that's a solid poll". </p><p></p><p>p.s. Interestingly there was a request back in 2012 to create this same forum, but the forum was never created because poll counts were too low back then. "Why would we possibly need a sub forum *just* for polls". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><strong>*</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmAWIDI4ZgY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmAWIDI4ZgY</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaredmorgs, post: 151147, member: 459"] Doing a search for "Poll" in plain text, I uncovered no less than 57 individual polls since the forum was started. This does not include the thorough WesReviews series which the other mods beat me to moving (thanks guys). I'm not sure about the other forums, but it seems like General Discussion[B]*[/B] was the dumping ground for polls because most folks read that forum, and there really wasn't anywhere else suitable for the content. I see the amount of polls created over the last few years as a positive thing. What motivates members to create a poll in the first place is they want to get a true understanding of the forum's thinking. Bearing this in mind, I found it interesting to read back through the offered polls and see what topics folks felt passionate enough about to take the time to craft a poll for. To me, poll topics serve as a reminder of the Zeitgeist of the forum past. A good poll can help unite members and make them collectively think about a topic. There is an art to making a solid poll. Some members display this (look at some of the older posts I've migrated for stellar examples). So if you are thinking of making a poll, consider what your poll will look like two years down the road when new users come onto the forum. If you are new to making them, take an historic walk down memory lane and look for those examples that make you think "dayum, that's a solid poll". p.s. Interestingly there was a request back in 2012 to create this same forum, but the forum was never created because poll counts were too low back then. "Why would we possibly need a sub forum *just* for polls". ;) [B]*[/B] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmAWIDI4ZgY[/url] [/QUOTE]
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