I have a question... is it possible to do a truely anonymous poll? That is, can people answer as anon or do you have to be signed in to answer a poll as I think that might affect the number of "I didn't like it's" a fic might get?
Okay, apparently I actually have two questions. Do you always set up your polls with the answers viewable to all? I think that could influence how many people answer/answer honestly. I remember once there was a poll on some comm about whether we should have some community event (awards or a comment fic meme or something) and I remember feeling terrible being a) one of only a handful of people who said it was a bad idea and b) that everyone would know I was one of the killjoy stick in the muds. It's one thing for the author to know I ticked didn't like it, but I'm not sure I'd want that broadcast to the whole world, it makes me look like a bitch, y'know?
Oh! I thought of another question... when there's a discrepancy between the number of "read it's" and "liked it's" do you assume those are people who didn't like but for whatever reason didn't tick "I didn't like it?" Does everyone who ticked liked it also tick read it? When I answer, I'm never sure if I'm meant to tick both or if it by ticking "liked it" you know I mean I read it too. Have you tried with options like "Read it", "Read it and liked it" and "Read it and didn't like it", to seperate out those who read the fic and had no opinion on it?
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Okay, apparently I actually have two questions. Do you always set up your polls with the answers viewable to all? I think that could influence how many people answer/answer honestly. I remember once there was a poll on some comm about whether we should have some community event (awards or a comment fic meme or something) and I remember feeling terrible being a) one of only a handful of people who said it was a bad idea and b) that everyone would know I was one of the killjoy stick in the muds. It's one thing for the author to know I ticked didn't like it, but I'm not sure I'd want that broadcast to the whole world, it makes me look like a bitch, y'know?
Oh! I thought of another question... when there's a discrepancy between the number of "read it's" and "liked it's" do you assume those are people who didn't like but for whatever reason didn't tick "I didn't like it?" Does everyone who ticked liked it also tick read it? When I answer, I'm never sure if I'm meant to tick both or if it by ticking "liked it" you know I mean I read it too. Have you tried with options like "Read it", "Read it and liked it" and "Read it and didn't like it", to seperate out those who read the fic and had no opinion on it?