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Should Polls Automatically Have an "Other" Option?
Taylor_MB
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I can't be the only one who gets annoyed when polls are so simplistic they don't cover your response. Not precisely what you were thinking, but not a single option that generally covers how you would react.
It's also incredibly presumptions for poll makers to assume they'd know how every individual forum goer would react by not including a generic "other" option.
It's also incredibly presumptions for poll makers to assume they'd know how every individual forum goer would react by not including a generic "other" option.
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Should Polls Automatically Have an "Other" Option? 15 votes
Yes.
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6 votes
No.
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Turelus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No.Nope, because sometimes you want a simple A or B answer and those who don't feel comfortable voting with that can just comment without voting.
If you're not after a simple A or B answer then you can include an other for those who wish to choose that option.
Also in before lock of another poll about polls poll.@Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
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Taylor_MB✭✭✭✭✭
✭Nope, because sometimes you want a simple A or B answer and those who don't feel comfortable voting with that can just comment without voting.
If you're not after a simple A or B answer then you can include an other for those who wish to choose that option.
Also in before lock of another poll about polls poll.
The purpose of a poll is to measure a populations opinions, if people don't vote because they are not represented by the set answers, then you are failing to gather any meaningful data. Everyone needs to be represented even if that answer is "none of the above" then you will know that the set answers are not representative of the community.
If people can't vote because there is no "other" option then it is granting unfair preference to the set answers that people can vote on.
Further, how frequently can anything in ESO be accurately answered by a simple "A" or "B"? Once in a blue moon from what I've seen.
Edited by Taylor_MB on April 23, 2018 2:02PMPvP Defensive Set Comparison
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✭✭✭Yes.It would cut down on biased polls.
Although, I noticed that in this poll about poll options, there was no choice for "other".Edited by Tabbycat on April 23, 2018 2:12PMFounder and Co-GM of The Psijic Order Guild (NA)
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Taylor_MB✭✭✭✭✭
✭It would cut down on biased polls.
Although, I noticed that in this poll about poll options, there was no choice for "other".
A demonstration of my point
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Taylor_MB✭✭✭✭✭
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Hopefully
doesn't happen here!Thread closed. While in good humor it has attracted more problematic and off-topic posts than it has constructive ones about the forum itself.
Edited by Taylor_MB on April 23, 2018 2:16PMPvP Defensive Set Comparison
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Gythral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Where is hte other option?“Be as a tower, that, firmly set,
Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”
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Taylor_MB✭✭✭✭✭
✭Where is the "Other" option here?
This poll makes a weak case for that.
Precisely! If only there was some form of automation...PvP Defensive Set Comparison
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jedtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭other..
have to join the crowd and wonder why it isn't there.
leaving aside black and white cats and orcas few things are that binary.
yes i know there are more black and white things but i couldn't be bothered.
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Taylor_MB✭✭✭✭✭
✭jedtb16_ESO wrote: »other..
have to join the crowd and wonder why it isn't there.
leaving aside black and white cats and orcas few things are that binary.
yes i know there are more black and white things but i couldn't be bothered.
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BRCOURTN✭✭✭✭✭Haha I understand the point you were trying to make by not adding an “other” option OP, but I think it led to more confusion than if you had just added one.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I prefer a "both" option
But I'm neutral, so I'm apathetic to any choice"If a person is truly desirous of something, perhaps being set on fire does not seem so bad."0 -
Guarlet✭✭✭✭✭Yes.People are certainly good at creating polls that have only a few, biased options. An 'other' option should be there at least for those.AKA The Goblinator, PC/EU0
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✭✭Other. Obviously.
On a slightly more serious note, at least the poll options usually make it apparent whether it's worth your time engaging in discussion with the poll creator.DAGON - ALTADOON - CHIM - GHARTOK
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