[Stephen Howard]

I was 'avin a shufty, like, at a few threads containing polls - and it struck me that if I compared the number of people that viewed the thread with the number of people that particpated in the poll, there's was nearly always a huuuuuge difference.

Why is that?
I s'pose if the poll was about something quite specific ( "If your name is Larry, have you had an embarrassing disease?" ) I could understand - but a lot of the polls are quite general ( "Did Charlie Parker play the saxophone?" ).

So I thought I'd ask...

Regards,

 

[RootyTootoot]

I win, with 100%. I want my prize. Also, who the hell is Charlie Parker?

Regards,
Lawrence.

 

[FloJo]

Crawlers, spiders and the like browse the threads...but can't vote.
Also, people poke their heads back 'round the door to see how the votes are going - more return visits clocking up the views but not attached to votes.
Sadly, I'm too young to vote.

 

[VintageSaxGuy]

I would answer that no one knows I'm here...but then I would give myself away.

There are some polls that are like a traffic accident...they attract gawkers. Imagine the stripper song thread turned into a poll (which would be fitting :TGNCHK.

 

[saxphil]

a lot of the polls are quite general.

... and drag on too long before the reveal.

 

[spartacus]

Why is there a thread about people from Poland in a tuba forum? I'm reporting this to the moderators.
And who in the hell is Rootytootoot?

 

[Pete Thomas]

Most people want to tick a box that isn't there. As in this case.

 

[milandro]

I was tempted to tick the last one........ but being psychotic and having multiple personalities disorder is not really embarrassing .........we talk about it among us 5......it helps

 

[jbtsax]

My name's John, and I'm a pollaholic. It's been nine months since my last . . . . Oh crap I just fell off the wagon. Way to go Stephen. You tricked me into checking that last one. What time's the next meeting? Are there any other friends of George G* on SOTW?

* Gallup

 

[cvsimson]

I want to see the results before I vote, since I always side with the winning team.

 

[RootyTootoot]

I'm reporting this to the moderators.
And who in the hell is Rootytootoot?

Go ahead, it's their bingo night, noone's listening.

I think someone may have called prospective members "crawlers, spiders and the like" earlier in this thread. Seems unnecessarily frank. I suppose that would mean that actual members are (at best) "ex crawlers, spiders and the like".. :mrgreen:

 

[FloJo]

Go ahead, it's their bingo night, noone's listening.

I think someone may have called prospective members "crawlers, spiders and the like" earlier in this thread. Seems unnecessarily frank. I suppose that would mean that actual members are (at best) "ex crawlers, spiders and the like".. :mrgreen:

Stop calling me Frank...

 

[RootyTootoot]

Stop calling me Frank...

Would you prefer Flo? Or Florence?

 

[hakukani]

Would you prefer Flo? Or Florence?

Surely, you jest.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Surely, you jest.

Don't call me Jest!

Aye thang yew...

 

[RootyTootoot]

Surely, you jest.

Florrie, possibly?

I prefer being called Rooty to Tootsie. Marty sometimes refers to me a Tootsie. He's a naughty one, that martysax.

I still seeming to be winning the poll poll.

 

[FloJo]

Florrie, possibly?

I prefer being called Rooty to Tootsie. Marty sometimes refers to me a Tootsie. He's a naughty one, that martysax.

I still seeming to be winning the poll poll.

Stop calling me Poll...


We could be here for decades.

 

[Grumps]

I'll vote, but only after I figure out the nefarious purpose behind it...

 

[milandro]

boredom is a bad bad beast.........

 

[jbtsax]

There is certainly a lot of poll dancing going on.