# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6511
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6511 "2023-08-30T23:26:22Z")
Time’s Person of the Year poll. I went with The Saint, because as the text of the poll pointed out, no matter the “official” criteria - > [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3815): > > Bear in mind that most people still misunderstand it and consider Person of the Year to be an indication of virtue. Given that understanding, there’s no pointing in adding more fuel to the fire under the monster. Anyone with that degree of activity has already has had enough information about them in public that giving them even the cursory review that Time manages is pointless. You’d need books, not magazines to summarize it, and for little point. Instead, the less known Saint could certainly use recognition for the people they’re helping, and is likely to do some actual good for the world at large. ON THE OTHER HAND, if I was to answer from the POV of “the editor-in-chief of Time Magazine” rather than myself (a minor but needed distinction), putting the monster on the front page is a whole lot more likely to buy me outrage-clicks and people buying it to excoriate me. So almost certainly better sales… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380)._