Just a test to see how this works, not trying to prove anything. I don't recall seeing a poll like this.
Vote only once for each pairing (if you vote for both options it's just nullifying your vote anyway), feel free to abstain from any paring.
Matchup 1: Who is hotter? Liz Hurley
Some broad.
OR
Andy Rooney
Uptrending in Google metrics, and his middle name is kind of like Anaken.
Matchup 2: Which is the best bulding? Frieder Burda Collection Museum, Baden-Baden, Germany
It's baden-baden, you know it!
OR
Bigelow Chapel, New Brighton, Minn.
Holy moly!
Matchup 3: Who has the brighest future? Boeing
Big ole jet Dreamliner
OR
Airbus
Big ole A-380
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Potential problem. I just selected the first three options, so I voted for Liz Hurley, Andy Rooney, and Baden-Baden. I don't know that it's a huge deal (if someone votes for both options in the same poll, they just cancel themselves out), but it might get confusing when looking at overall numbers.
ImLawBoy wrote:Potential problem. I just selected the first three options, so I voted for Liz Hurley, Andy Rooney, and Baden-Baden. I don't know that it's a huge deal (if someone votes for both options in the same poll, they just cancel themselves out), but it might get confusing when looking at overall numbers.
Since they cancel out, I'd just assume that matchup #1 got more participation.
Looking at XVY results, some contests were more popular than others.
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Eliminating ILB's vote pattern problem (which is also how I voted):
Chose one option:
Hurley/Frieder Burda/Boeing
Hurley/Frieder Burda/Airbus
Hurley/Bigelow/Boeing
Hurley/Bigelow/Airbus
Rooney/Frieder Burda/Boeing
Rooney/Frieder Burda/Airbus
Rooney/Bigelow/Boeing
Rooney/Bigelow/Airbus
New issue: no ability to abstain.
In either case, the issue regarding confusing thread conversation is real, and the largest issue IMO. 4-polls a day would not be onerous in the current incarnation of EBG.
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The Meal wrote: Eliminating ILB's vote pattern (and my own):
Chose one option:
Hurley/Frieder Burda/Boeing
Hurley/Frieder Burda/Airbus
Hurley/Bigelow/Boeing
Hurley/Bigelow/Airbus
Rooney/Frieder Burda/Boeing
Rooney/Frieder Burda/Airbus
Rooney/Bigelow/Boeing
Rooney/Bigelow/Airbus
Not sure what you're getting at here.
The Meal wrote: New issue: no ability to abstain.
In either case, the issue regarding confusing thread conversation is real, and the largest issue IMO. 4-polls a day would not be onerous in the current incarnation of EBG.
I'm not lobbying one way or the other, just putting the theory into practice.
And I'm sure you can abstain. There were 5 votes at one point.
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LawBeefaroni wrote:And I'm sure you can abstain. There were 5 votes at one point.
That was me. I purposely abstained from picking either option in the last pair.
The poll doesn't have any way of distinguishing if you've skipped a pairing or not chosen the max number of options from a coherent list of things to vote on. So of course it works.
To be fair, adolescent power fantasy tripe is way easier to write than absurd existential horror, and every community has got to start somewhere... right?
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Unagi wrote:I'll point out that you helped make it look 'clear' by having 3 contests that were not alike.
Who's hotter,best building, brightest future.
If all three of those read:
Who's Hotter:
Bubba over John
John over Bubba
Betty over Jill
Jill over Betty
Jackie over Sally
Sally over Jackie
Sam over Bob
Bob over Sam
That may have not looked so nice.
Well, and you help make it unclear.
You could do it like this:
Who wins:
Matchup 1: Bubba
Matchup 1: John
Matchup 2: Betty
Matchup 2: Jill
Matchup 3: Jackie
Matchup 3: Sally
Matchup 4: Sam
Matchup 4: Bob
Instead of "matchup #" you could have the arena name or whatever.
Again, I'm not saying it's the solution. I just wanted to see how it looked in an actual poll.
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