Poll: Why aren't members allowed to create their own polls?

[K.C. Leblanc]

The consoles forum would become 47.2% poles overnight, and most of them would boil down to which fan boy clan you belong to.

EDIT: Not to mention should we ban DVDHiggins29 or however else is our resident cabbage at the time.

 

[CliffyBiro]

^ Sounds good to me.

I'm sure the options on the poll would be rather pointless, I imagine "mustard" would be an option no matter what the pole...

Bit racist?

 

[lemonkettaz]

Downstairs.

Luckily I showed some initiative and made the decision myself without the use of the internet

Dig dig dig

 

[Slogan]

Having polls accessible to people with x amount of posts isn't going to fix things, there would still be a lot of crap produced.

 

[Ricochet J]

But people above 10,000 don't post crap (with the exception of me!)

 

[CliffyBiro]

Having polls accessible to people with x amount of posts isn't going to fix things, there would still be a lot of crap produced.

Poll please Dons,


Will there be a lot of crap produced?

• Yes
• No
• Mustard

 

[Skii]

Speaking as someone who runs a busy forum, I've often regretted allowing members to use the poll function - there are people who will make every post a poll, it it frankly gets very irritating very quickly. Personally I can see the logic entirely.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Because we would probably despair over some of the polls - "what colour shirt should i wear tonight?", "whose hotter, Lilo Lill or Aunty Wainwright?" etc

Amen. It'd just be more crap in GD.

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

Poll please Dons,


Will there be a lot of crap produced?

• Yes
• No
• Mustard

You forgot

• Mondeo
• 530i

 

[[TW]Fox]

Most members can't be trusted to brush teeth let alone make polls.

 

[lemonkettaz]

Most members can't be trusted to brush teeth let alone make polls.

Yeh but Colgate or Aquafresh?

 

[QlimaxUK]

thread closure detected!

OP ban detected!

 

[Ricochet J]

OP ban detected!

No rules have been broken.

 

[N19h7m4r3]

No rules have been broken.

Hasn't stopped them before.

Deys da law!

 

[Kreeeee]

I can, I think it's the main perk of being a UB

 

[Westyfield2]

I like it how it is; otherwise it'd be:

Graphics Cards

• ATi
• Nvidia

Consoles

• Xbox 360
• PS3

Processors

• AMD
• Intel

OS's

• Mac
• Windows
• Linux

Photography

• Canon
• Nikon

Motors: Are Vauxhall's crap?

• Yes
• No
• Mondeo

It would be World War 3.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

Motors: Are Vauxhall's crap?

• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Yes
• Mondeo

It would be World War 3.

Corrected.

 

[lemonkettaz]

Should this thread be closed

Yes
No
Let's keep it going to see where it ends up by 10pm

Or secret option 4, ban everyone that has posted it in, close the thread

 

[Tefal]

I like it how it is; otherwise it'd be:

Graphics Cards

• ATi
• Nvidia

Consoles

• Xbox 360
• PS3

Processors

• AMD
• Intel

OS's

• Mac
• Windows
• Linux

Photography

• Canon
• Nikon

Motors: Are Vauxhall's crap?

• Yes
• No
• Mondeo

It would be World War 3.

um most of those polls already exist :/

 

[.Lethal]

Because we would probably despair over some of the polls - "what colour shirt should i wear tonight?", "whose hotter, Lilo Lill or Aunty Wainwright?" etc

While I've used the forums for a few years I have always expected this sort of answer.

There are rules to follow when making a normal post, there can be new rules when making a poll.

Look at how many people post every week how they "may" risk getting banned for saying this or that or bringing up a competitor. The same sort of thing would happen over a poll.

If a rule was broken, they would be suspended or even banned.

There is no need to treat the members like complete babies.

But then again I could bring up the poll to change the blue background which was started by Spie and look what came from that - nothing.

The same thing will come about from this thread too.