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Poll question/issue
I noticed that with polls, they don't bump up when someone just votes but doesn't post. Not sure if they should, or even if this should be fixed. It just seems odd; a poll could really interest people and be getting lots of votes and still be dropping like a rock on the board. Is "bumping polls" ok because of this?
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Here's my opinion on this. How interesting is a poll if it is not generating any discussion? If a poll drops like a rock, it must not be interesting enough for people to discuss the issue. I don't feel that it's ok to bump polls.
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Originally posted by AndyCapps
Here's my opinion on this. How interesting is a poll if it is not generating any discussion? If a poll drops like a rock, it must not be interesting enough for people to discuss the issue. I don't feel that it's ok to bump polls.
Here's my opinion on this. How interesting is a poll if it is not generating any discussion? If a poll drops like a rock, it must not be interesting enough for people to discuss the issue. I don't feel that it's ok to bump polls.
I don't think it's ok to bump polls that aren't even getting votes, but how many polls on Other get over 50 votes? Not a lot.
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Polls used to get bumped by just voting. They never left the front page that way and several at a time just drove other treads into obscurity.
The non-bump method was implemented as it was more acceptable. It does seem to have worked well. A poll with some discussion stays around, a poll that nobody is interested in enough to say anything disappears.
The non-bump method was implemented as it was more acceptable. It does seem to have worked well. A poll with some discussion stays around, a poll that nobody is interested in enough to say anything disappears.
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Originally posted by X
Polls used to get bumped by just voting. They never left the front page that way and several at a time just drove other treads into obscurity.
The non-bump method was implemented as it was more acceptable. It does seem to have worked well. A poll with some discussion stays around, a poll that nobody is interested in enough to say anything disappears.
Polls used to get bumped by just voting. They never left the front page that way and several at a time just drove other treads into obscurity.
The non-bump method was implemented as it was more acceptable. It does seem to have worked well. A poll with some discussion stays around, a poll that nobody is interested in enough to say anything disappears.
I did bump it once, but I don't want to get in trouble for doing so.
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That's a tough one. I personally don't mind an occasional bump. But if the thread/poll is truly not interesting to anyone I can see how it would get annoying for everyone to have to see it all the time.
I don't think we're going to be changing the vote-causes-a-bump behavior, maybe we should try a 2 or 3 bumps and then the thread lives or dies on its own (like every other thread that's not sticky) type of guideline.
I don't think we're going to be changing the vote-causes-a-bump behavior, maybe we should try a 2 or 3 bumps and then the thread lives or dies on its own (like every other thread that's not sticky) type of guideline.
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Originally posted by X
That's a tough one. I personally don't mind an occasional bump. But if the thread/poll is truly not interesting to anyone I can see how it would get annoying for everyone to have to see it all the time.
I don't think we're going to be changing the vote-causes-a-bump behavior, maybe we should try a 2 or 3 bumps and then the thread lives or dies on its own (like every other thread that's not sticky) type of guideline.
That's a tough one. I personally don't mind an occasional bump. But if the thread/poll is truly not interesting to anyone I can see how it would get annoying for everyone to have to see it all the time.
I don't think we're going to be changing the vote-causes-a-bump behavior, maybe we should try a 2 or 3 bumps and then the thread lives or dies on its own (like every other thread that's not sticky) type of guideline.