# poll coding test (meaningless)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031
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**Created:** [April 3, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031 "2011-04-03T12:30:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/1 "2011-04-03T12:30:23Z")
Just to see how polls are set up.
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### Author:  [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/2 "2011-04-03T12:32:29Z")
Somehow I thought this would be more difficult.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/3 "2011-04-03T12:39:36Z")
> [@pullin](#):
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> Somehow I thought this would be more difficult.
It would’ve been if you’d done it right.
😃
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### Author:  [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/4 "2011-04-03T12:56:05Z")
> [@runner pat](#):
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> It would’ve been if you’d done it right.
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> 😃
Yikes! What did I do wrong? It looks OK from my POV; Is something amiss when viewing from outside my login?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/5 "2011-04-03T13:01:27Z")
> [@pullin](#):
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> Yikes! What did I do wrong? It looks OK from my POV; Is something amiss when viewing from outside my login?
Nothing. I was joking. Hence the 😃
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### Author:  [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/6 "2011-04-03T13:06:28Z")
Oooh. The old “whoosh” the newbie poller trick. I get it now. 🙂
Thanks for the reply, I’m busily composing a poll for IMHO and want to get it right. Almost done except for bringing in the required team of grammar and punctuation experts to conduct a formal review. Can’t be too careful around here, eh. 😃
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/7 "2011-04-03T14:28:01Z")
Just to see what others might have done, I voted to learn that there are more “other” preferrers than I would have predicted.
I think the ideal poll would be one with only one choice. Having a generic name for such a thing might be a fun challenge. Non-democratic? Despotic? What?
I’m one of those that say you need the “other” option in all polls. As I see the world, there’s always something other than Yes-No, or True-False, or Male-Female, to consider. Many polls make that false binary exclusionary principle a given. In such polls, I tend not to vote.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/8 "2011-04-04T21:52:00Z")
What does it say about human psychology that there are ten times as many votes for ‘other’ (at time of writing) as there are for the next most popular choice?
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### Author:  [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/9 "2011-04-05T03:57:54Z")
I voted for ‘other’. I’m a pollster’s dream - just can’t help myself.
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/10 "2011-04-05T12:20:02Z")
It means that \*\*pullin \*\*missed at least one important and obvious choice that applies to his target audience.
-D/a
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### Author:  [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/11 "2011-04-06T16:42:14Z")
Everybody wants to be different…
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/12 "2011-04-06T19:37:43Z")
The first choice was my first choice, but I thought better of it and went with my second choice, the second choice.
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-coding-test-meaningless/577031/13 "2011-04-07T21:03:39Z")
I see that I am unique, just like everyone else.
Regards,
Shodan