Did any poll so far have any countable effects ?

PicturesInTheDark · Post by **PicturesInTheDark** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 3:16 pm

I have nursed the suspicion, that all the polls taken here so far (with the possible exception of the one about how to show dungeon maps which might be implemented at some point on the encyclopedia as Christophe indicated) have not really led to any actions taken. Any ideas on why that is so or how to change it? Otherwise, what are they for (not counting those who are purely for information purposes) ?

Regards, PitD

Post by **cowsmanaut** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:10 pm

well, you can't simply make a poll for something and expect it to change.

otherwise I would be putting up a poll for "should I make more money" with two options, Yes, and Yes.

IF the poll is raised by a person who can make the changes then you can expect them to be made. However if you were to raise a poll to change something on someone elses forum or game.. don't expect them to change anything. It wasn't their idea in the first place. See what I mean?

moo

PicturesInTheDark · Post by **PicturesInTheDark** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:50 pm

Yes. Since I was thinking along similar lines I was more interested in provoking some thought here than in actual answers. So the result probably is, that polls can only be used for "informal questions", everything else depends on your own programming/decoding abilities ...

Regards, PitD