# Pools : mentionning whether they're anonymous or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433 "2011-03-04T00:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/1 "2011-03-04T00:51:20Z")
I sometimes answer pools, for some of them I don’t care if people know what I voted, but in other cases, I’d rather like my vote to be anonymous. My understanding is that currently, if you want to know whether a particular pool is anonymous or not, you must click on “see vote result” and hover your mouse over the pool options, in order to see if the handles of people who already responded appear. Couldn’t the fact that a vote is anonymous (or not) be made apparent, either automatically, or by requesting that people starting a pool specify it? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/2 "2011-03-04T01:05:13Z")
If it’s a public poll, it warns you, “Be advised that this is a public poll: other users can see the choice(s) you selected.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/3 "2011-03-04T01:06:37Z")
I go to an anonymous pool. We all swim blindfolded. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/4 "2011-03-04T02:04:32Z")
Poll. OK, got that out of my system. I agree- even if it does say ahead of time it is certainly not obvious. Could be much more clear. I have voted in polls that I realized later were public. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/5 "2011-03-04T02:20:41Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > If it’s a public poll, it warns you, “Be advised that this is a public poll: other users can see the choice(s) you selected.” Ah, thanks! I didn’t know that. And sorry for the spelling mistake (even though the tittle is probably funnier this way 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/6 "2011-03-04T02:21:51Z")
There’s nothing funny about misspelled Tittles. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/7 "2011-03-04T02:41:27Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Ah, thanks! I didn’t know that. > And sorry for the spelling mistake (even though the tittle is probably funnier this way 🆒 ) You do realize you called it a pool all through your post, don’t you…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/8 "2011-03-04T03:17:19Z")
Welcome to our pooll. Notice there’s an extra o in it… ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/9 "2011-03-04T10:38:34Z")
Sign over my Dad’s pool: > [@](#): > > Welcome to our ool! > Notice there’s no “p” in it. Let’s keep it that way ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/10 "2011-03-04T12:31:00Z")
Spelling errors are victimless crimes, like punching somebody in the dark (or while blindfolded in a poll). ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/11 "2011-03-04T20:32:33Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > I go to an anonymous pool. We all swim blindfolded. That’s silly. In the anonymous pool I swim at, we all wear niqabs. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/12 "2011-03-04T21:40:14Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Welcome to our pooll. Notice there’s an extra o in it… That’s no O floating in the pool.. It’s an O’Henry! (either that, or a Baby Ruth) 😉 (got to love those misspelled tittles) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/13 "2011-03-04T22:09:50Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > There’s nothing funny about misspelled Tittles. No but there is about misspelled titties. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/14 "2011-03-04T23:04:35Z")
Yes but even misspelled titties are nice. …and “titties” spelled any other way still make great ice cream. (even if a little pricey) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/15 "2011-03-06T22:56:53Z")
Please don’t vote in our pool, we don’t swim in your toilet. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pools-mentionning-whether-theyre-anonymous-or-not/573433/16 "2011-03-06T23:29:25Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Please don’t vote in our pool, we don’t swim in your toilet. Please don’t vote in our pool, we don’t swim in your thread.