Why does a poll thread get bumped whe someone votes?

I've voted no - I think the thread should be bumped when someone actually posts a new message to it rather than when there's a new vote because that means if more people vote than post content to a thread then the thread will look more popular than it probably is in reality.

Former_MSE_Andrea wrote: »

... I think it's a great way to encourage more people to post polls and to join in on them.

I don't think MSEers are interested in participating in polls

I created a poll 2-3 hours ago here
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5997780

Has 111 views so far which is great

But it only has 5 votes so far
... one of which was mine at time of creating the poll, and one by a MSEer who posted within 3 mins of the poll creation, blaming my browser or device.


As an aside, the overewhelming results of this other poll were ignored by MSE anyway
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5204963

and don't even get me started on Brexit ...:cool:

coffeehound wrote: »

To be honest it’s a rather specific subject that won’t grab most peoples interest.

With respect, 111 people have taken the time and trouble to view the thread in the fisrt 2-3 hours of posting as I indicated and am pleased with, so I don't agree "that won’t grab most peoples interest".

The poll is aimed at everyone, as they either can see the link as is, or are redirected.

It is important to understand what people are able to see, as posts are made referring others to a page that I for one (and everyone but one so far who has voted) cannot actually see.

coffeehound wrote: »

Yes I’m one of the people who opened the thread. But it didn’t look sufficiently interesting or relevant to make me more than skim it and click away. You might be expecting too much of people. I’ve made several threads that didn’t get replies. Such is the nature of online forums.

You may not find the content interesting, but others have even taken the time & effort to respond within that thread for which I am also grateful.

And you are taking the time and effort to discuss this matter in this thread. How mucvh effort does it take to make a click to vote on a poll, ... especially once you have taken the time and trouble to open the thread to read it in it's entirety

Remember, you get to see the OP by hovering over the thread before opening it, when you view it from the list of all threads on the appropriate board. You can choose there whether or not it is of sufficient interest to view more. Having decided it was of interest to actually read the whole thread, it is surprising that 95% failed to make one more click to vote.
Hence why I don't think MSEers are interested in polls based on my experience of the only poll I have created.