Aww, we broke their poll - Democratic Underground

Ian David

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Fri Jan-22-10 02:49 PM
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Aww, we broke their poll

ategory: Pointless polls
Posted on: January 22, 2010 12:43 PM, by PZ Myers

It was a particularly silly poll that asked if the bible was the divinely inspired word of god, and we very quickly ran the answer up to a definitive "NO", so the poll owners did something predictable: they closed it.

Survey suspended temporarily.

We appear to have been the victims of a hacking attempt to stuff the ballot box.

We are investigating. Your patience is appreciated.

Uh, there was no hacking. It was an open poll. We visited the site and clicked on the buttons, just like it said we should and could. The only problem was that their poll didn't arrive at the answer they site owners wanted, so they rejected the answer.

That tells you everything you need to know about these polls.

More:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/01/aww_we_broke_their_poll.php

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amyrose2712

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Sat Jan-23-10 09:35 AM
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1. Its back. nt

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salvorhardin

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Sat Jan-23-10 09:44 AM
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2. And they didn't tamper with the results

So far 62% myth, 34% untrustworthy.

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Ian David

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Sat Jan-23-10 11:17 AM
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3. Good. At least they're being fair. n/t

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