Er...do you maybe want to explain what the heck the poll is?
Cause honestly, I don't normally read bureaucracy. And just suddenly saw msbelle spamming everywhere saying "Take the poll!" and not saying what it was or why, and was very confused?
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
meara - Aug 07, 2007 10:43:49 am PDT #818 of 6786
Polter-Cow - Aug 07, 2007 10:49:24 am PDT #819 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's a poll to gauge people's board usage because we're having a Culture Crisis because of people's desires for more TV threads.
meara - Aug 07, 2007 10:51:31 am PDT #820 of 6786
Yeah, I read back in Bureau, and took the poll, but....maybe to go back and edit some of those (especially the one in press) to ahve a little more info than just "Take the poll!"? For people who don't read here, and may not have time to go check it? Or may not REALIZE that bureaucrazy is the place to get more info? If you have no idea what it's about (and perhaps are fearsome of clicking on links for something you don't know what it's about), you might just surf right on by.
Zenkitty - Aug 07, 2007 11:00:11 am PDT #821 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
If we're actually re-doing the poll, can we have an option to click more than three threads as "essential"? Like, maybe, these three, and then I frequent these other five? Because, f'instance, when a Tim show is airing, Minearverse becomes essential. When it's the soaps and crafts thread, NSM. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
msbelle - Aug 07, 2007 11:01:37 am PDT #822 of 6786
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
we are not re-doing the poll, at least I am not. It was up for comment already. I know it is not perfect, but it's better than nothing for what we wanted.
sumi - Aug 07, 2007 11:16:12 am PDT #823 of 6786
Art Crawl!!!
I know -- three was not enough.
libkitty - Aug 07, 2007 11:32:30 am PDT #824 of 6786
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Many thanks to all who worked on the poll. It wasn't perfect, because it never could be, but I thought it was a very good poll, created with a lot of effort and lots of input was solicited. Yeah, poll people!!
le nubian - Aug 07, 2007 12:44:36 pm PDT #825 of 6786
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
y'all, there is a comment section on the survey. If the survey constrains you or isn't accurate, just use the comment section.
aurelia - Aug 07, 2007 12:51:40 pm PDT #826 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Whew. That was a lot of Bureau to catch up on. I hope to have brilliant thoughts and suggestions after the poll results. (Maybe I'll be acclimated to the IL heat by then. Northern MI was not this hot!)
askye - Aug 07, 2007 1:16:46 pm PDT #827 of 6786
Thrive to spite them
The survey wasn't meant to be a broad detailed census of how the board is used, it was meant to get data on the questions that have been raised and to clarify points about how the board is used.
We could have gone with pick your top 5 threads, or even rank them in order of how you use them, but we wanted people to pick the threads that are absolutely essential to the users experience.
Personally, I read more than 5 threads so I understand it can be hardship.
This is an information gathering poll, where the results will be posted and then we'll have a chance to look at the results and discuss them.
There is a comment section, so please use it.
And if you know of people who don't post regularly please encourage them to take the poll.