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Re: Allow one to change one's vote
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Thu, 15 Aug 2002 23:09:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, William R. Ward writes:
> If I change my mind about something I would like to be able to change
> my vote,
Me too! :-)
> like I can when rating sets in the Lugnet guide. But some
> polls shouldn't allow that. So make it an option for the person
> creating the poll as to whether or not to permit changing one's mind.
What if all the polls let you change your mind up until the poll was closed by
its creator/owner?
The reason that the choices aren't recorded currently is for privacy reasons.
In order to let you change your mind, it has to have a record of what you
chose earlier, so that it can subtract it from the tally and re-tally your
new choices. I thought that making the design such that choices were never
recorded would strike a fair compromise between usability and privacy.
I dunno, would it bother you if all your personal poll selections were
stored? If the system were hacked into, that information could theoretically
be gotten at.
--Todd
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) I think some sort of time frame on the polls is an excellent idea. Almost like the duration for which an eBay auction runs. If there was no time limit, fewer people would feel the need to vote. Placing some sort of limit on the polls might get (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
| | | Re: Allow one to change one's vote
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| (...) I think the way Yahoo Groups polling works is the way to go here... it's a poll creator option whether you can or can't change your mind. It's a poll creator option whether your ID is associated with the vote or is anonymous or visible only to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
| | | Re: Allow one to change one's vote
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| (...) You could store the poll results anonymously, yet make them editable, by assigning a random key to the poll results, and e-mailing the voter the key. One thing which would be nice if you allow polls to be edited at some point is to dump the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Allow one to change one's vote
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| If I change my mind about something I would like to be able to change my vote, like I can when rating sets in the Lugnet guide. But some polls shouldn't allow that. So make it an option for the person creating the poll as to whether or not to (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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