# What do you think of SDMB Polls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898 "2013-09-15T08:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/1 "2013-09-15T08:13:13Z")
Let’s try this again, and set up the poll correctly this time. Feel free to add any extra comments. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/2 "2013-09-15T15:54:50Z")
Aww, you added my option, too! Thanks. 🙂 I was going to click on “I often feel like people exclude meaningful poll options and it upsets me,” but it doesn’t really upset me all that much. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/3 "2013-09-15T16:43:38Z")
My biggest problem with polls are that many people vote, then post _exactly what they voted._ Fucking redundant! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/4 "2013-09-15T17:14:44Z")
There wasn’t a good option for me. There never is. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/5 "2013-09-15T19:49:40Z")
Hmm. My three answers are currently the three most popular answers… ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/6 "2013-09-15T20:11:49Z")
Part of my enjoyment of polls is the way they usually illustrate the ways that statistics can be easily interpreted in unreliable ways. It’s really hard to make a poll that covers all the options, and the fact that only people who enjoy polling threads are likely to read/vote in them makes it skewed from the very start. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/7 "2013-09-15T20:41:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > There wasn’t a good option for me. There never is. Yeah, me too. Despite how I voted, I don’t really love voting in every poll, because some things I would prefer not to reveal. And I like jokey answers, but I also like actual data sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/8 "2013-09-15T20:47:45Z")
I didn’t vote because there’s no “Other” option. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/9 "2013-09-15T20:53:43Z")
I don’t like having to select _I love to …_ when I really mean _I typically …_. But I grit my teeth, select it, and accept it as hyperbole. Maybe this is what is meant by _Do you like it when your poll answers have automatic qualifiers?_ Or maybe that choice really meant _I like it when a random answer is really a question, rather than actually a choice, and you don’t know what selecting it means, and this is a meta way of saying that. Or something._. ETA: I like it when a non-voting choice is given, in case I don’t want to vote, or shouldn’t vote, but want to see the results at the top of the same page. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/10 "2013-09-15T20:57:55Z")
I kind of screwed up A 2ND TIME. The 2nd to last option should not be “Do you…” but rather “I like it when poll answers have automatic qualifiers” Oops ☹ I’m not sure what voting for that option means. I guess it means you like asking that question! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/11 "2013-09-15T22:49:29Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I kind of screwed up A 2ND TIME. The 2nd to last option should not be “Do you…” but rather “I like it when poll answers have automatic qualifiers” > > Oops ☹ > > I’m not sure what voting for that option means. I guess it means you like asking that question! 😃 Obviously, I do! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/12 "2013-09-15T23:16:36Z")
There’s only one worthwhile option here and it’s making me hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/13 "2013-09-16T02:57:16Z")
I enjoy them, but I hate the stupid jokes that people feel compelled to use as an option. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/668898/14 "2013-09-16T03:17:04Z")
I see the polls here as a bit of fun, interesting and something I consider for a short amount of time. When I ‘vote’ it isn’t for a new leadership or philosophy, it’s to add to the SD community’s info.