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someone_else 
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 Topic: A suggestion to improve multiple voting polls
Posted: July 17 2014 at 02:51 |
Multiple voting polls are very prone to error or abuse because i t is possible to vote for the same option more than once.Therefore I want to give these suggestions: - Check boxes should be used instead of radio buttons in a multiple voting poll.
- When the choices one wants to vote for have been checked, the "Cast your vote"-button should be clicked.
- On later attempts to vote, the message "You have already voted in this poll" shuold appear, just as it is in single-vote polls.
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 09:24 |
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I'd like to see this.
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chopper
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 10:49 |
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Good idea.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 13:20 |
 someone_else wrote:
- Check boxes should be used instead of radio buttons in a multiple voting poll.
- When the choices one wants to vote for have been checked, the "Cast your vote"-button should be clicked.
- On later attempts to vote, the message "You have already voted in this poll" shuold appear, just as it is in single-vote polls.
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Or, alternatively, keep the radiobuttons but display that message for every option that was previously voted on by the user. I think this will make for simpler mechanics. If we go with checkboxes, when the user checks more than one box, he/she probably won't remember which option he/she voted for, which will make matters more confusing. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 17 2014 at 13:35
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The Doctor
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 13:25 |
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Is there a way that the site can be programmed so that when a person votes for the same poll option multiple times in a multi-vote poll, a gigantic hand reaches out through the screen and slaps the person around?
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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chopper
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 14:17 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
If we go with checkboxes, when the user checks more than one box, he/she probably won't remember which option he/she voted for, which will make matters more confusing. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I don't see that - you can see all the checkboxes you've ticked until you click on the Vote button.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 14:26 |
chopper wrote:
Dayvenkirq wrote:
If we go with checkboxes, when the user checks more than one box, he/she probably won't remember which option he/she voted for, which will make matters more confusing. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I don't see that - you can see all the checkboxes you've ticked until you click on the Vote button. |
Perhaps I didn't describe the scenario very well. What I meant was:
1st time:
v Checkbox 1 v Checkbox 2 o Checkbox 3
Some time passes, you probably forgot you voted on the poll or what you voted for, so you go again.
2nd time:
o Checkbox 1 v Checkbox 2 v Checkbox 3
What should the displayed message say now? "You've already voted for this option." Which one? The message could say "You've already voted option 2", so now you have to un-check it and vote again, with only option 3 checked.
All I'm saying is: we might want a less intricate solution. This improvement shouldn't take long, but I don't know how much M@X has on his plate.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - July 17 2014 at 14:27
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someone_else
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Posted: July 17 2014 at 14:39 |
What I meant was this:
v Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 v Welcome to the Machine o Have a Cigar o Wish You Were Here v Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 6-9
So I have checked options #1, #2 and #5 in this example. Then I click on the "Cast My Vote(s)"-button and my three choices are submitted in one single throw (chopper understood what I intended). When I enter the poll afterwards, hoping to cast some more votes, the message "You have already voted in this poll" appears.
I think this will make the poll much more troll-proof.
The Doctor's slapping option would be a nice alternative, but it requires a USB-connected iron fist of which I sincerely doubt that an average troll would have connected such a device to his computer  .
Edited by someone_else - July 18 2014 at 02:51
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A suggestion to improve multiple voting polls
