Poll: Can we stop with the 'pancake' crap?

[Lysander]

As title, was this ever funny and where did it come from? It renders a lot of polls useless because a mod will shove in 'pancake' as an option thereby creating another useless variable. And no, it's not a replacement for 'other'. Can we please give it a rest now?

Third EDIT: Your mother grooms wildebeest

 

[Lysander]

I like the idea?

Who says Aye?

No, don't do this.

 

[Lysander]

Four people put me on their ignore list? Wow, I'm impressed.

 

[Lysander]

ok please explain how people who "don't care about the poll" voting for an option that is meaningless ruin the result?

It gives an inaccurate percentage. It's pretty bloody obvious.

Let's say a poll turned out like this:

Given your current knowledge and political beliefs, would you vote Conservative in the next election?

Yes
No
Pancake

For a question with a black and white answer, putting a stupid 'pancake' option in skews the percentage. You either will vote for them or you won't and the percentage reflects that. But now you can no longer say 78% of the polled forum would vote Conservative because some people voted for a meaningless option and in turn the percentage becomes meaningless.

without the pancake option i think you'd put more thought into the poll options.

This too. It encourage people not to give a crap.

 

[Lysander]

You cannot say that even without the pancake option.
It would be 78% of the forum that decided to answer, because everyone is not forced to answer.

As I said in my post, "78% of the polled forum".

EDIT: Thanks, Tim.

 

[Lysander]

I don't even like pancakes.

Is there a chance the OP is actually making a pretty valid point? And is there also a chance that everyone is lampooning out of mob mentality?

Yeah, that would totally unlike this place, wouldn't it.

 

[Lysander]

But I don't wanna be Pancakes. Can't we change it back?

 

[Lysander]

time to change that signature op

Fine. I'm only doing this for a couple of nights.

I feel like I've had my identity raped.

 

[Lysander]

Only doing what for a couple of nights? Making Pancakes?

No, before emailing you and shamelessly begging for my old username back.

 

[Lysander]

Well, that was the reason.

 

[Lysander]

Great. Thanks.

 

[Lysander]

The name is one thing guys, but the avatar... really? It's going to be hard making serious posts now.

 

[Lysander]

But I have a pancake on my head. I wish it wasn't this.

 

[Lysander]

You are right though. No one is ever going to take anything you post seriously from now on

No massive change there, then.

EDIT: Look at it, just look at it! Ugh, I'm off out.

 

[Lysander]

Technically I qualify for all three. And there was I thinking this topic had quietened down.