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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Serious Query:
Who answers polls?
I got a package of docs over the weekend as thick as a legal pleading, asking me to answer a complex poll on govt policies. Who on earth answers that kind of thing?
Same goes for the phone calls. I have an otherwise unused land line into a copier/printer/fax machine in the home office. Occasionally, I'll check the list of calls. I see numbers from research firms. Who takes a poll call? Does somebody say, "Sure, I'd love to take five minutes to answer all of your fucking questions. Shoot!"
If I see a poll on a website, I skip it. If it's required, I assume the site is bogus, filling my computer with invasive cookies, and so I close it.
Does any normal person answer a poll? Where do they find these mythical thousand or so random respondents cited in each of these polls?
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If it's an actual poll - and not push polling - I'll answer. Polling influences people and policy, why wouldn't you want to be part of that?
