Seeing the post in Ms T got me here.... Poll not skewed for me ...I still voted for my "favorite"...Tasty Vapor.....
I posted the link in her forum. How is everyone to know there is a poll if they are not told.
I enjoy her flavors and thought I would let them know. If you enjoy a certain vendor, let the group know there is a poll.
If this had been for favorite unflavored I would have chosen a different vendor.
Sorry if I caused a problem. Did not mean to 'Skew' the poll.
Maybe next time it should be by private invitation only.
MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES to the poll maker and anyone else I offfended.
I have posted this Thread in order to try and help undo the deed.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/pay-forward/131658-i-made-ooooppppssiiee.html#post2065599
The reason I dislike the practice is that it no longer shows a random sample of users and thus messes with the results.
You asked "How is everyone to know there is a poll if they are not told."
That was the point - as long as people were not rounding up a bunch of fans off say vendor x to be sure vendor x wins, then what we would be getting was a random sample of general readers who just ran across the poll, thus you could start to see what people in general saw as the best.
As soon as people start posting the link on vendor x's sub-forum that they should all come over and vote so x could win, them the results were no longer a random sample.
Thus, I am no longer interested in the results - and only came here to see if anyone was mad at me because of my post, but I wasn't meaning to point a finger at you - I had never even got to your post. I saw the poll and voted - and started reading the way I always do - which is last post first (I have my account set up that way) and read two post - one from souxie who said she would not have known and came and voted if some on a vendor forum did not tell her about it - and then I realized this was not going to be a random sampling - which destroyed my hopes for a true poll - and sallyzoos complaining about it also. I did not bother to read further because of this