Is it time for another inane poll yet?

msallen

Is it time for another inane poll yet?

Biggles

They're mostly from newbies, sometimes as their first post, and I asked some time ago that there should be a restriction, as there is with posting links, in order that new posters need to have made a certain number of posts before they can post a poll. By that time, they should have learned how the forum works.

agrinnall

I've just posted on another thread to say that polls rarely add anything to a thread, but here's an example where it's a particularly useful addition!

badger09

Biggles wrote: »

They're mostly from newbies, sometimes as their first post, and I asked some time ago that there should be a restriction, as there is with posting links, in order that new posters need to have made a certain number of posts before they can post a poll. By that time, they should have learned how the forum works.

Oh dear Biggles

I think you're mistakenly crediting some of these poll starters with common sense and basic intelligence.

colsten

As always, there is the :spam: button that hopefully all regulars know how to use. Mind you, perhaps we need a poll to establish whether people really do know the power of that button.

eskbanker

msallen wrote: »

Is it time for another inane poll yet?

I'll get my butler to vote once my private jet has landed - I'd do it myself but dropped my phone in the jacuzzi somewhere over the mid-Atlantic....

Katiehound

These inane polls seem to be breeding lately... obviously not enough on this board to keep the lack of brains engaged!!

Katiehound

colsten wrote: »

As always, there is the :spam: button that hopefully all regulars know how to use. Mind you, perhaps we need a poll to establish whether people really do know the power of that button.

Well, I hate to admit it, but actually I don't know the power of that particular button!
I don't need a poll (thanks all the same!) just a heads up...

badger09

Katiehound wrote: »

Well, I hate to admit it, but actually I don't know the power of that particular button!
I don't need a poll (thanks all the same!) just a heads up...

Basically, if enough of us press the :spam: button on a particular post, it gets deleted. If there are multiple posts by a newbie who is posting:spam: and I'm feeling community spirited, I'll go through all their other posts & mark them aswell.:)

Anthorn

Unauthorised, self-appointed Forum Police aside, did you actually not mean "inane"and simply missed out the "s"? Let's not forget folks that MSE itself does polls too. What's good for the goose, etc. etc.

RG2015

Anthorn wrote: »

Unauthorised, self-appointed Forum Police aside, did you actually not mean "inane"and simply missed out the "s"? Let's not forget folks that MSE itself does polls too. What's good for the goose, etc. etc.

inane

adjective
lacking sense or meaning; silly.
"don't badger people with inane questions"
synonyms: silly, foolish, stupid, fatuous, idiotic, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, risible, imbecilic, moronic, cretinous, unintelligent, witless, asinine, pointless, senseless, frivolous, nonsensical, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, vacuous, vapid, empty-headed; childish, puerile, infantile, jejune, daft, dumb, dim, half-baked, gormless.

I think that just about covers some of the recent (non-MSE staff) polls.