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Poll: When you check the quick poll you:
Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff

ProZ.com Staff
Local time: 04:11
SITE STAFF
Jul 26, 2007

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When you check the quick poll you:".

This poll was originally submitted by Pundora

View the poll here

A forum topic will appear each time a new poll is run. For more information, see: http://proz.com/topic/33629


 

nordiste  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 13:11
English to French
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the quick poll about the quick poll Jul 26, 2007

This one was missing ....
So for the 1st time I voted and looked at the results and posted. Could not read the messages, though... being the first one to write one.


 

Parrot  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 13:11
Member
Spanish to English
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Depends on the question Jul 26, 2007

I might first check to see how it was/has to be understood.

 

Jennifer Forbes  Identity Verified
Local time: 12:11
Member (2006)
French to English
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Vote and read and maybe ... Jul 26, 2007

ProZ.com Staff wrote:

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When you check the quick poll you:".

This poll was originally submitted by Pundora

View the poll here

A forum topic will appear each time a new poll is run. For more information, see: http://proz.com/topic/33629


I usually vote and read the discussion. Unless it's something that bores me to death (such as DTP and Trados) I'll put a comment if I can think of something amusing to say. Oh dear, this comment isn't very amusing ...
(Exit left).
Jenny.


 

Claudia Aguero  Identity Verified
Costa Rica
Local time: 05:11
Spanish to English
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Depending on the poll Jul 26, 2007

I vote and depending on the poll, I post. There are some topics that are not so interesting, but help me to get to "know" and stay in touch with my colleagues from other parts of the world.

It's interesting to see how many different ways people, involved in the same field, can understand or think of any given topic, no matter how simple it is.


 

Jon O (X)  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:11
Dutch to English
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polls about polls? Jul 26, 2007

this is all getting a bit self-referential I think......

 

Ivette Camargo López  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 13:11
English to Spanish
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I always like to vote at least Jul 26, 2007

Hi,

I like to at least vote and, after I vote, I then look at the results (usually to avoid being "influenced" by the results). But I participate in the corresponding forum only sometimes (mainly due to time available).

Of course, for me (like probably for most of us), some topics are more "interesting" than others, but I think quick polls can actually be a nice way to keep a daily "presence" in/interaction with the Proz.com online community, especially considering it is such an international group of people.

Best regards,

Ivette


 

Cilian O'Tuama  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:11
German to English
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I sometimes read the discussion, but rarely vote ... Jul 26, 2007

at least not since I found out from site staff that the votes are not as anonymous as I thought/expected.

Cilian


 

Astrid Elke Witte  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 13:11
Member (2002)
German to English
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What's the problem? Jul 26, 2007

Cilian O'Tuama wrote:


at least not since I found out from site staff that the votes are not as anonymous as I thought/expected.

Cilian


It is only a multiple-choice question - like those that you used to get at school in Chemistry tests . How much does that give away about you, even if it is not anonymous?

Astrid


 

Cilian O'Tuama  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:11
German to English
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What's the problem? - Paranoia! Jul 26, 2007

There's no "problem" with this poll, but other polls have addressed more sensitive issues.

If there's a poll, I'll either give an honest answer or no answer. That's how I tick.

And sometimes I'd like to vote so that the result is as "representative" as possible (i.e. as I can make it).

I just thought that polls like this would be anonymous unless clearly stated otherwise.

Summa summarum: I don't vote.

Strictly yours,icon_smile.gif
Cilian


 

writeaway  Identity Verified
French to English
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It's also why I don't vote Jul 27, 2007

Cilian O'Tuama wrote:


at least not since I found out from site staff that the votes are not as anonymous as I thought/expected.

Cilian


I never vote-always suspected that votes were visible higher up the chain. How anonymous can we be to those with full access to the tracking system?
Anyway, the poll discussions are often fun to read.


 

PAS  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:11
English to Polish
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And now for the next poll (drum roll) Jul 27, 2007

Did you or did you not vote in the poll on polls?

Yes
No
Other
N/A

P.A.S.


 

Wil Hardman  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:11
Spanish to English
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Beware- inane polls and the vote police! Jul 27, 2007

Depends on the poll in question.... I normally vote and occasionaly post- although this poll certainly didnt warrant a forum post.

By the way, I voted the other week on a poll and the FBI did a dawn raid on my house....


 

Ivette Camargo López  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 13:11
English to Spanish
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About paranoia... Jul 27, 2007

Wil Hardman wrote:

By the way, I voted the other week on a poll and the FBI did a dawn raid on my house....


Good point, Wil, LOL!

But seriously, now, I believe participating in/surfing the Internet in any way (passively or actively) is already a way of "exposing" yourself a bit, because, AFAIK, there are quite a few technical ways (for example, merely through your IP number) by which your general activity in the net can be traced, whether you are aware of it or not.

So I really don't see any added "danger" in responding (anonymously or not) to a quick poll.

But I guess there is a certain basis to be paranoid: with all this increasingly sophisticated technology, we're definitely living in times of panic of Big Brother...

Best,

Ivette

P.S.: Pundora, I did find the question of this poll alright. As you see, it even inspired some to talk about their paranoia, so it was almost a bit of a therapy mini-session...icon_wink.gif


 

R-i-c-h-a-r-d  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 08:11
Member (2006)
Portuguese to English
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Served its purpose Jul 27, 2007

Well, I actually (for once) clicked on the 'discussion' link and got here, instead of just rushing back to work or Kudoz or something more interesting after I had looked at the poll statistics.

 


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