[Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

[heathmatlock]

Before sleeping, I would like to point out as of right now there are 12 up
votes and 5 down votes, 70% yes and 30% no for the topic on Reddit. It
doesn't necessarily reflect the view on the question being posed, but it
seems about right from my discussions. With that, I will try to refrain
from speaking about a mascot for awhile.

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:58 PM, heathmatlock <heathmatlock at gmail.com>wrote:

> I closed the poll, it's showing 51% no and 50% yes, 129 to 128
> respectively.
>
> I also found out you can vote as many times as you want without
> restriction, with no IP logging whatsoever. This is why I don't like
> putting polls on places where users regularly use anonymity for their own
> agendas, e.g. Reddit, which is when it seems most of the votes came from.
>
> From the public email poll, there were 4 no votes and 8 yes votes, and
> from the original thread on a mascot, there were about 15 people liking the
> idea of a mascot, and less than half of this openly saying against the idea.
>
> I would say the next step might be create a poll using polldaddy, but even
> filtering IP addresses wouldn't stop people from using a workaround with
> Tor. With email, you can see how many people are registering and
> immediately voting. Anyway, I'm not sure how to proceed, but I'm going
> going to call it a night and a week with this, since it's going to be long
> next couple of days.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating the Holiday tomorrow.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM, heathmatlock <heathmatlock at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Giovanni Tirloni <gtirloni at sysdroid.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 1. It's unlikely to get feedback from the larger Haskell community
>>> 2. It floods people with email they don't care (unless they care to keep
>>> track of the results)
>>> 3. One can just as easily create throw-away emails, subscribe to the
>>> list and answer the poll
>>>
>>
>> I thought about this, but I was trying to keep the response short.
>>
>>
>>> 4. etc...
>>>
>>> My suggestion is to create a poll somewhere else and let it run for at
>>> least a month.
>>>
>>
>> I suppose we could do this. Kryzyztof suggested Google Docs, so I created
>> a poll there:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFpic3dzZkVtcW5yZkVWbFNuckpyWmc6MQ
>>
>>
>> Or a more elaborated survey with additional questions trying to capture
>>> the community's feeling toward a masket and what kind.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure what additional questions would be appropriate.
>>
>>
>> I don't think we are in a hurry to get a mascot here so let's take the
>>> time and do it properly.
>>>
>>
>> I can agree to that. The reasons I created a poll using the email method
>> are:
>>
>> 1. Typically, mail programs have methods of keeping emails separated by
>> topic, so your mailbox isn't littered with just one topic.
>> 2. It's quick with little hassle, just respond.
>>
>> But, you have a point about reaching a wider audience. My only concern is
>> how many people outside of the Haskell community are going to vote. Without
>> methods of recognizing who's spamming the results, it's difficult to really
>> judge how accurately the poll reflects the community's views.
>>
>> Polldaddy.com has nice spam filters. I'm guessing posting functional
>> Javascript to the wiki isn't possible though, this would require someone
>> with write access to the site.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Heath Matlock
>> +1 256 274 4225
>>
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> --
> Heath Matlock
> +1 256 274 4225
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