The people who run the polls on Andrew Sullivan’s site asked us if we want to try one. Here’s how it works: You can answer the questions or submit a new one. If enough people hit “don’t care”, the question goes away. You have to sign up to ask a question, so maybe this isn’t as interactive as I thought.
Update: Here’s a link to the questions and results if you can’t scroll through them.
dmsilev
Right now, it’s telling me that the results are 100% yes, 80% care. What is that supposed to mean?
PeakVT
I wanted to ask “Is freeping online polls fun?” but you need an account to post a question.
A moocher
The people who run the polls at he-who-shall-not-be-named’s site? No way am I clicking. Second hand cooties, does not want.
PopeRatzy
A load of bollocks.
John D
@dmsilev: Of the 80% who clicked yes or no, 100% clicked yes. 20% of people who clicked anything clicked “Don’t Care”.
amk
Oh boy, a poll about polls. Just what we fucking need.
mistermix
Yeah, I’m not thrilled with it so far. Once will be enough for me.
Schlemizel
What exactly would one be signing up to if one were to do so?
Schlemizel
BTW – I am slightly depressed (well, slightly MORE depressed than my usual amount) to learn that L’il Andys people of any kind speak with us.
It suggests a certain level of social acceptance for the shit Andy excretes that I find distasteful
Chris from Arlington
I love the direction these questions are headed.
Sully’s poll has questions whether or not the 47% or marajuana legalization or gay marriage should have been brought up. This poll has questions like “Would you punch Mitt Romney in his smug-ass face?” and “Should undecided voters be flogged.”
Awesome. ^_^
Villago Delenda Est
OK, this thing is FAIL on a number of levels, not the least of which is you can’t scroll back to see the previous questions.
Howard Beale IV
Where’s the fscking tax return question for Mitt?
Omnes Omnibus
Gasping cod. Ha!
Maude
@Schlemizel:
It’s almost offensive that they would even think to lower themselves to speak to BJ commenters.
I don’t get out of the boat. Don’t need a poll. What happened during the debate last night was obvious, but not missed.
PeakVT
@Villago Delenda Est: Yeah, that’s annoying.
Julia Grey
How do you go back down and see what the results are on earlier polls?
Oh, I see that’s already been asked.
And not answered.
Schlemizel
@Maude:
Lowering themselves? You mean like a crack whore would be lowering themselves to talk to a sober guy at the bus stop?
Chris from Arlington
@Villago Delenda Est and @Julia Grey Hover your mouse over the questions and scroll down. It works on Firefox at least.
Schlemizel
@Julia Grey:
third me on this question. Is there a site for this or is it only appearing here on the BJ?
Plus I’d like an answer to what it is that is being signed up as asked in
@Schlemizel:
Tim F.
The ‘don’t care’ button seems not to work. On principle I will not answer compound questions that require you to agree to a debatable premise of the ‘stop beating your wife’ variety, but if I click ‘don’t care’ the next question does not proceed.
Anyhow, the partisan questions seem like a waste of time, at least around here. Instead here’s a challenge for people who care to try this game further – see who can come up with a question that splits readers of this blog more or less evenly.
Southern Beale
Here was an interesting question:
So, this thing is just begging to be freeped, am I right?
PeakVT
Ok, the question I wanted to ask was showing up again and I couldn’t click past it.
So I went and cleared the cookies for the site and now I get the opportunity to re-answer all of the questions.
How clueless of a developer do you have to be to not grasp that large numbers of netizens understand how cookies work?
Comrade Mary
Comrade Solomon asks: “Who’s your Mommy?”
Culture of Truth
“Is Tunch really a big softy or is he plotting something?”
RareSanity
You either get free information from me, without requiring me to “register” for anything…or, you give me something for free, that requires me register.
That’s how the teh internets work!
Fuck this “poll”…
Gromit
I think there’s a bug in the polling widget. It asks you to type in a question, which surprised me, and I did. Then it says you have to log in to submit a question, so I say “screw it” and move on to other things. I come back later, and it still shows my question, but it looks like it has been accepted, so I vote on it. When it shows the tally, the question changes to another one, and I think it put my answer into that tally.
raven
@RareSanity: Hey mon!
Jewish Steel
@Tim F.:
Easy: Cats or dogs?
A moocher
@Jewish Steel: Buffy or Willow?
Out of date, but so are we all.
BGinCHI
Let’s don’t become more like Sully. Infinity.
nellcote
I don’t understand the poll or the poll results but was amused to see a question about pie.