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The poll is not representative of the forums only those who can be bothered to vote

There is 967,676 members many of who wont use the forums much. There are some not sure how many there never use the grabbit forum so the poll is not representative of the forums only those who can be bothered to vote

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Its a fallacy that there is a thing called freedom of speech it doesn't exist, most things are allowed to be said within reason, the rules, the law for example

nikkilala wrote: »

If someone doesnt agree with you is that what you call it, railroading. I call it freedom of speech;)

bobajob_1966

nikkilala wrote: »

If someone doesnt agree with you is that what you call it, railroading. I call it freedom of speech;)

It is nothing to do with whether I agree with your viewpoint - the 'railroading' refers to you taking over every thread on the subject, which you openly admit to doing.

jumblejack

The poll was originally placed where it mattered: the grabbit forum.

It was moved (surprise, surprise) so it had to be highlighted. How can people voice their opinions if they are not made aware of the poll?
Members have been silenced by having posts removed for expressing their concerns in the threads so this is a non controversial way to get the feedback from the majority of grabbit users.

Whoops. Sorry, apparently even this is being made into one huge controversy by those who do not wish a poll to be highlighted.

Very sad

French_Knickers

Antispam wrote: »

The poll is not representative of the forums only those who can be bothered to vote

There is 967,676 members many of who wont use the forums much. There are some not sure how many there never use the grabbit forum so the poll is not representative of the forums only those who can be bothered to vote

That's a nonargument as all votes are only representative of those who can be bothered to vote!

There are not 967k ACTIVE members. What would be more useful to know is how many active members there are on the shopoping forums (including grabbit) and then working out what percentage of those voted.

Issyc

Antispam wrote: »

The poll is not representative of the forums only those who can be bothered to vote

There is 967,676 members many of who wont use the forums much. There are some not sure how many there never use the grabbit forum so the poll is not representative of the forums only those who can be bothered to vote

But that is the same with every poll. You cannot force people to vote. I would expect that people who care how the Grabbit Forum is run will vote.

Issyc

Maybe it would appease some of you if we had a poll to decide if we need a poll...

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Of course it is only representative of those who can be bothered to vote

I never said they are 967k active members I said "many of who wont use the forums much"

Why are you trying to pick at holes at my posts when non exist

French_Knickers wrote: »

That's a nonargument as all votes are only representative of those who can be bothered to vote!

There are not 967k ACTIVE members. What would be more useful to know is how many active members there are on the shopoping forums (including grabbit) and then working out what percentage of those voted.

Antispam

Of course it is people only vote if they are passionate about things.

I never stated anyone should be forced to vote

Issyc wrote: »

But that is the same with every poll. You cannot force people to vote. I would expect that people who care how the Grabbit Forum is run will vote.

nikkilala_2

bobajob_1966 wrote: »

It is nothing to do with whether I agree with your viewpoint - the 'railroading' refers to you taking over every thread on the subject, which you openly admit to doing.

As someone else has just mentioned and as I have mentioned previously, the poll was moved to another thread where no one even knew it existed. What is the point of a poll if no one even knows about? As I have said before, the fairest way would have been to have had the poll on the grabbit board where people who used the grabbit board could see it and vote if they wanted. It was hardly railroading, it was making people aware of the poll.