Should ALL polls be stuck in this section

[Ez Duzit]

It just seems extremely foolish to lump every poll in one section. Many will miss this section entirely, and with so many different subjects (some worth discussing, some completely lame, and some that should be relegated to the lounge), this will minimize the significance of a worthwhile poll. While I rarely start polls, some put a lot of thought into them, and they are pretty good. But if they're going to just stick em all here, (silly ones and serious ones alike), why not just get rid of them entirely? Lumping them all together just makes absolutely no sense. I mean, we already have subsections for all the different topics, so if a poll pertains to one specific topic, shouldn't it simply be in that subsection? Was there suddenly a flood of polls in one section, or something along those lines?

If there's a sensible reason for this, someone please enlighten me.

 

[DC2]

At first I didn't like the idea at all, but it is growing on me.
It's nice to be able to go somewhere and see all polls in one place every now and then.
That way I know I didn't miss any good ones!!


The true test will be if voting on polls increases, decreases, or stays about the same.
If the voting on polls decreases, then it was a very bad idea.

 

[Vocalek]

I would like to see these organized into easier-to-find categories.

• Products
• Suppliers
• Health & Medicine
• Law & Govt
• Activism

Other ideas?

 

[The Man]

I rather like on topic polls within forum subcategories.

 

[Vocalek]

That would work, too.

 

[val]

Newbie poster:
I liked that i found them before I made my purchase it helped
I forget about them because they were in threads
I love them in one place it is now a tool bar-shortcut.
Maybe a more prominent (higher) on the homepage, I have a 19 in monitor and it is not an attention grabber (under community) which I have not explored Yet!

val

 

[Friar Tuck]

I find it very reasonable to keep polls in one part of the forum. I come here every few days and see all the posted polls without having to stumble upon them in warrens of ECF.

 

[Heracleum]

Definitely useful to find them all in one place, it helped finding this (E-Cig Success Rate) very interesting poll I was looking for!

 

[Thulium]

Best case scenario would be to have both. The poll and accompanying thread should be found in the appropriate subforum, but it is also nice to have one consolidated place to find all the currently running polls to gather the largest number of respondants without having to dig into every subforum. I don't know if vBulletin is capable of allowing cross-posting like that, but it would be cool if it did.

 

[Ez Duzit]

I think I changed my mind since originally posting this. At first I thought it was foolish, but now I realize, it just makes sense to have all the polls in one place.
Oh well, too late to change my vote

 

[edbaar49]

I'm happy you've seen the light of reason. Though I'm new to this board, it does seem well organized and tidy having all the polls grouped together in an easy to find area. It seems to me that if there are any that appeals and you are interested in pursuing the subject, you could subscribe to it and follow through. Just my two cents.

 

[nansc]

Yes I think it works out well.