Remove polls

[Mímir]

No you misunderstand and highly exaggerate. "Like showing that a member's opinion is worth a crap and that for that reason we don't need polls anymore..." o_O? Where did you get that from?

A well balanced and thoroughly thought through opinion is of far more value for those that read than an opinion condensed in a "yes" or "no" - if anything it is about empowering players and improving discussion. Moreover, it invites the player in question to actually think and structure an argument that gives valuable insight into the thought process behind the opinion that can help you change or modify your own opinion on the subject, although it is far less convenient. The opinion is of objectively higher quality when it can't be coded in a plain "yes" or "no".

Also we're all internet personae with countless alts, what "anonymity" is there to protect anyways?


EDIT: Also for those that don't understand, polls on this forum do not show an opinion that can be said to be representative to anything but the population that choose to participate - with this huge condition the data from the poll is virtually useless for anything but a tool for manipulation (unknowingly or not). It is a misrepresentation of the server and even community population as a whole. And this is not even factoring in the way questions and polling options are often presented in a biased way.
tl;dr: I'm not asking for no opinions, I am asking of opinions of objectively higher quality - whatever these opinions might be.

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