# Polls about board users? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 19, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116 "2009-11-19T03:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116/21 "2009-11-20T21:31:33Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I think he’s taking about something more like: > > Is Oakminster a nice guy? > > A. Yes, he rocks. > B. No, he’s an asshole. > C. Fool of a Took\*, you forgot \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > > \*Stolen from **Skald the Rhymer** who got it from some fantasy novel about a ring Though on balance I much prefer the book, I saw Fellowship first and am alluding to Ian McKellan, thankyouverymuch. Anyway, I don’t use FooT for poll options. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116/22 "2009-11-20T21:37:27Z")
I don’t think this is a good idea, either. My participation in the thread was not intended to imply advocacy. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116/23 "2009-11-20T22:01:27Z")
The more we think about it, the more we don’t see any reason for it. Any poll involving insults of other posters as one of the choices would be a rules violation (and, more to the point, contrary to the concept of community.) It’d be “let’s on pick on so-and-so” which has no place outside the Pit. And the idea of a self-evaluation poll (as per **Sigmagirl** ’s suggestion: well, a volunary, non-professional, biased poll for self-improvement seems.a poor way for getting input. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116/24 "2009-11-20T23:00:03Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I hope I didn’t offend you - that was very far from my intent. > > I don’t see very many ways that a poll Pitting me (for instance) would be significantly worse than a normal Pitting. Maybe I am unusual in that way. I imagine a good many of the polls in the Pit (if you enabled such a feature - I have no opinion on whether that is a good idea or not) would be set up like: > > \*Poll about **Shodan** : > > Is he [list=A][li]A jerk [_]An asshole [_]A troll [_]All of the above[/list]_[/li]I don’t find that significantly more offensive than the usual run of Pittings. > Well, that’s what the Pit is for. > > I would like to think I spend a significant amount of what creativity I might display on the SDMB on something other than insults. > > I feel like I have hit a sore spot, for which I apologize. It was just speculation. > > Regards, > Shodan Not at all directed at you personally and if I didn’t make that absolutely clear from the jump I do apologize, for that was never my intention. It was actually a question posed to the group at large and not specifically anyone at all – because I really don’t know how people who can be so damn fabulous look for ways to inflict damage upon one another, look really hard for ways to slap each other around like pinatas. I don’t get that. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116/25 "2009-11-22T16:54:30Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It was actually a question posed to the group at large and not specifically anyone at all – because I really don’t know how people who can be so damn fabulous look for ways to inflict damage upon one another, look really hard for ways to slap each other around like pinatas. I don’t get that. I never have either, but some here clearly get satisfaction from it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-about-board-users/518116.md?page=1)