Online Poll
Aren't online polls fun? Where else can you click a button and feel like people now know what you think? Using my superpowers of recollection and synthesization, here is a typical online poll on most newspaper websites:
Do you think that (insert complex problem) is going to get (insert wild speculation)?
- Definitely
- Yes
- Probably Definitely
- Probably
- I don't know, but I voted anyway to prove that I don't mind voicing my opinion on things I know absolutely nothing about.
In order to improve the methodology and therefore usefulness of online polls, I suggest the following possible answers to online poll questions.
Sample question:
Should Madonna have kissed Britanny Spears?
Sample answers:
- Definitely
- I'm sick for even caring.
- I'm pretending not to care, but Definitely.
- I am lying
- I exhibit multiple personalities, and therefore I am voting twice.
- This simplifying answer for a complex question does not permit me to intelligently comment on the issue.
I think with these methodological adjustments, the research value of the average online poll will be increased dramatically.
Do you think that (insert complex problem) is going to get (insert wild speculation)?
- Definitely
- Yes
- Probably Definitely
- Probably
- I don't know, but I voted anyway to prove that I don't mind voicing my opinion on things I know absolutely nothing about.
In order to improve the methodology and therefore usefulness of online polls, I suggest the following possible answers to online poll questions.
Sample question:
Should Madonna have kissed Britanny Spears?
Sample answers:
- Definitely
- I'm sick for even caring.
- I'm pretending not to care, but Definitely.
- I am lying
- I exhibit multiple personalities, and therefore I am voting twice.
- This simplifying answer for a complex question does not permit me to intelligently comment on the issue.
I think with these methodological adjustments, the research value of the average online poll will be increased dramatically.
posted by Lt Smash at 2:13 PM
1 Comments:
Such polls should be boycotted by users and preferably banned from publications by the publishers, as they don't pass the test journalistic objectivity or poll/survey validity.
Alternatively, they should be labelled humour or put on the comics page.
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