Moderators

[Hugh Jorgan]

I find most of these polls ridiculous, mostly in that the posters don't put appropriate response choices to the questions posted. Still, if you hate them so much, you do have the freedom of the mouse to NOT CLICK ON THEM! It usually works for me.

 

[Dash8]

I find most of these polls ridiculous, mostly in that the posters don't put appropriate response choices to the questions posted. Still, if you hate them so much, you do have the freedom of the mouse to NOT CLICK ON THEM! It usually works for me.

thats true hugh,
but the problem were having is some choade keeps coming up and revoting on all the old polls to force them to the top and burying current topic matters, not a dis against polls persay, just their ability to be used as a hassle
thats all bro

 

[TonyC]

...but the problem were having is some choade keeps coming up and revoting on all the old polls ...

I don't think it's possible to "RE-vote" on a Poll. It must be new guys, or old guys making a new "LOGIN NAME" just for the purpose of irritating folks.

Perhaps a restriction could be imposed that required some "Senior" status before voting in a poll - - maybe that would work. But once again, I don't see that as an option that the moderators can Select/Deselect - - it appears that would require modifying the software.

My advice is for us to stop complaining about something that can't be fixed, and let the childish troublemakers have their fun. I'd like to have Polls back - - some of them have been quite informative. They allow for the accumulation of anonymous data that we would not otherwise be shared. For example, we found that a certain percentage of respondants had padded their logbook time -- very interesting. How many of those would have answered in the affirmative had they been required to attach their name? Very few, I imagine.

I say, bring back the polls.

 

[ShawnC]

I'd like to have Polls back - - some of them have been quite informative. They allow for the accumulation of anonymous data that we would not otherwise be shared. For example, we found that a certain percentage of respondants had padded their logbook time -- very interesting. How many of those would have answered in the affirmative had they been required to attach their name? Very few, I imagine.

I say, bring back the polls.

I second that. But say we need some type of minimum post or time on board restriction for posting and voting (say 7 days or 15 posts for voting, and 1 month or 50 posts for poll creation). Also a poll forum might be helpful so people that don't want to view them don't have to.

 

[dmspilot00]

Those ideas are good but would be difficult to impliment. The easiest thing would be to set a mandatory expiration of around 7-14 days, and if that's not a feature that can be edited by admin I could easily reprogram the script(s). It would probably take only one or two lines of code.

 

[rvsm410]

I know, Lets.......

Have a poll on getting the polls their own section! Just kidding.....I think someone said it best....just dont click on it it works for me too.

 

[Neal]

working

I am trying to kill the polls......however, for some reason the software won't let me remove them.....starting to drive me crazy. I'll keep working on it.

Mark

 

[banned username 2]

Re: working

I am trying to kill the polls......however, for some reason the software won't let me remove them.....starting to drive me crazy. I'll keep working on it.

Mark

Try a Mass Prune of any thread starting with "Poll:"

 

[Neal]

thought about that...However, that will kill every post with that word in it...regardless of what it is. Although, that might not matter and could be a good thing.

Mark

 

[TonyC]

Re: Re: working

Try a Mass Prune of any thread starting with "Poll:"

Polls don't start with "Poll:" - - that is added by the software.