I love polls.
Sometimes I love "other" answers on polls.. you find some funny stuff in the other answers... on some issues I will not include "other " because I am afraid of the comments I could get.
There is an anonymity to answering a poll. Kind of.
Polling on my local blogs
I poll about the mundane... on my Columbus Ohio blogs, ColumbusBestBlog.com and Discover Columbus. No issues. Light stuff. Mundane stuff like:
What's the best local Mexican restaurant in Central Ohio?
Do people in Columbus like "sweet tea" or unsweetened iced tea?
Is it too early for Christmas music on the local radio stations (a pre-Thanksgiving 2007 poll....)
What's the best Columbus neighborhood?
What's the best Columbus suburb...
Whether our local media is evil and biased... (it's a quote of a member of the local media...)
Not a lot of issue there... pretty "ho hum" although people can get kinda fiery about Mexican food...
Polling on ActiveRain is different
I have had some silliness about polling being "evil" or wrong on ActiveRain... if you ask about what should be outlawed on ActiveRain... you are encouraging ActiveRain to limit "free speech"? If you ask if something is hate speech you are promoting hate speech. Huh? I did not allow "other" votes on the latter... but did on the first poll... Funny "others" (some funny ha ha others funny odd) included:
"responses by people that clearly don't understand the post."
"Polls asking about outlawed content"
"chris brogan pinping himself"
This is one "other" answer on an ActiveRain post's poll that I thought was funny:
"Bad schools must keep people from purchasing in bad school districts!" a comment on blog about a lawsuit against a real estate blogger.
The post Sue Who? was about a lawsuit against a real estate blogger.
hmmmmm was the person who wrote that "other" saying that the bad schools would keep people from buying in bad school districts? What does that have to do with bloggers being sued? Or did the person who left the "other" comment mean they are on a mission to keep people from buying in bad school districts? ... that they would risk a lawsuit for that purpose...
Oh well it's a mystery. Kind of. The "other" is anonymous. Kind of...
Q. "Are you afraid of getting sued for what you write on your blog?"
Here's the Answers via a poll
As long as I don't libel anyone I should be OK blogging. | 14 | 21% | ||||
The case in Miami makes me nervous. | 14 | 21% | ||||
NO! | 12 | 18% | ||||
YES! | 12 | 18% | ||||
As long as I don't anger anyone I should be OK blogging. | 9 | 13% | ||||
My broker doesn't know what a blog is yet. | 5 | 7% | ||||
Other... | 1 | 1% | ||||
The case in Miami makes my broker a little nervous. | 1 | 1% |
The other is "Bad schools must keep people from purchasing in bad school districts!" Mission statement?
Blogging about school districts makes me a bit nervous to begin with... you know... laws... that whole HUD thing. Discrimination... Who am I to decide for someone what's a good school district or a "bad school district."
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