Before sleeping, I would like to point out as of right now there are 12 up votes and 5 down votes, 70% yes and 30% no for the topic on Reddit. It doesn't necessarily reflect the view on the question being posed, but it seems about right from my discussions. With that, I will try to refrain from speaking about a mascot for awhile.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:58 PM, heathmatlock <heathmatl...@gmail.com>wrote: > I closed the poll, it's showing 51% no and 50% yes, 129 to 128 > respectively. > > I also found out you can vote as many times as you want without > restriction, with no IP logging whatsoever. This is why I don't like > putting polls on places where users regularly use anonymity for their own > agendas, e.g. Reddit, which is when it seems most of the votes came from. > > From the public email poll, there were 4 no votes and 8 yes votes, and > from the original thread on a mascot, there were about 15 people liking the > idea of a mascot, and less than half of this openly saying against the idea. > > I would say the next step might be create a poll using polldaddy, but even > filtering IP addresses wouldn't stop people from using a workaround with > Tor. With email, you can see how many people are registering and > immediately voting. Anyway, I'm not sure how to proceed, but I'm going > going to call it a night and a week with this, since it's going to be long > next couple of days. > > Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating the Holiday tomorrow. > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM, heathmatlock <heathmatl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Giovanni Tirloni >> <gtirl...@sysdroid.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> 1. It's unlikely to get feedback from the larger Haskell community >>> 2. It floods people with email they don't care (unless they care to keep >>> track of the results) >>> 3. One can just as easily create throw-away emails, subscribe to the >>> list and answer the poll >>> >> >> I thought about this, but I was trying to keep the response short. >> >> >>> 4. etc... >>> >>> My suggestion is to create a poll somewhere else and let it run for at >>> least a month. >>> >> >> I suppose we could do this. Kryzyztof suggested Google Docs, so I created >> a poll there: >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFpic3dzZkVtcW5yZkVWbFNuckpyWmc6MQ >> >> >> Or a more elaborated survey with additional questions trying to capture >>> the community's feeling toward a masket and what kind. >>> >> >> I'm not sure what additional questions would be appropriate. >> >> >> I don't think we are in a hurry to get a mascot here so let's take the >>> time and do it properly. >>> >> >> I can agree to that. The reasons I created a poll using the email method >> are: >> >> 1. Typically, mail programs have methods of keeping emails separated by >> topic, so your mailbox isn't littered with just one topic. >> 2. It's quick with little hassle, just respond. >> >> But, you have a point about reaching a wider audience. My only concern is >> how many people outside of the Haskell community are going to vote. Without >> methods of recognizing who's spamming the results, it's difficult to really >> judge how accurately the poll reflects the community's views. >> >> Polldaddy.com has nice spam filters. I'm guessing posting functional >> Javascript to the wiki isn't possible though, this would require someone >> with write access to the site. >> >> >> >> -- >> Heath Matlock >> +1 256 274 4225 >> > > > > -- > Heath Matlock > +1 256 274 4225 > -- Heath Matlock +1 256 274 4225
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