Kindly comments on Less Wrong Polls in Comments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kilobug 19 September 2012 06:59:24PM 23 points [-]

Great features ! Thanks and congrats to those who made it happen.

One suggestion : you can't see the result until you voted, I guess it's not to bias/anchor the answer, but then it would be nice to add an option "I don't plan to vote, let me see the results", so someone who doesn't want to vote for any reason can still access the outcome. Or else, there is a risk of people not wanting to vote but wanting to see the outcome will vote "at random" and skew the result.

Comment author: CCC 20 September 2012 06:32:00AM 10 points [-]

In the meantime, the effect can be simulated by proper selection of options. Example:

Which is your favourite superhero?

Submitting...

Comment author: Kindly 20 September 2012 11:35:33AM 1 point [-]

Spiderman! Why isn't Spiderman on there? I bet he'd be way more popular than that Flash guy whoever he is.

Comment author: CCC 20 September 2012 11:50:54AM *  0 points [-]

...Spiderman! I knew I was forgetting someone!

And the poll options cannot be edited after the fact (though the question can be).

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 20 September 2012 12:48:50PM 1 point [-]

Funny that Iron Man was the only Marvel hero on the list. If I had to pick one Marvel hero... he wouldn't have been the one.

Comment author: CCC 03 October 2012 09:34:02AM 0 points [-]

He did have a movie out recently. I think that's why his name drifted into my head at the time of the poll.

Comment author: wedrifid 21 September 2012 07:16:04AM *  -2 points [-]

Spiderman! Why isn't Spiderman on there? I bet he'd be way more popular than that Flash guy whoever he is.

On the other hand even complete anonymity could be sufficient for those who consider Spiderman a kind of pathetic whiny child.