Because if the polls were open to the public people would constantly make polls in the same vein as "Do you like waffles or fries?" and so on. Basically, spam.
If you have a good idea for a poll, if you PM an admin i think they may be able to help you, i'm not sure.
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<!--QuoteBegin--SimonS+Aug 29 2003, 12:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SimonS @ Aug 29 2003, 12:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Are they Ever useful, come to think of it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yes, they are, but that would rarely be the case if polls were open for everyone to create.
For example, when working on NS2.0, Flay turned to the community a couple of times when making decisions on certain features of the game. He made polls in order to do this. That, surely, was useful.
<!--QuoteBegin--SimonS+Aug 29 2003, 02:05 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SimonS @ Aug 29 2003, 02:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *Shrugs* But if they were enabled We'd probably see Threads Like '0mg whuts ur fav alieann' <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> pwnos.
Anyway, why don't you just use third party poll software? I think lycos does a free 1.
i dunno, i prefer fries with my double cheeseburger, thank you very much <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
hmm, i think the admins should make a new forum called "polls spam".. it would be fun. people would start polls like "which chamber do you preffer 1st" "sexiest thing in the world" -pamela a. -mrs. gorge etc
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If you have a good idea for a poll, if you PM an admin i think they may be able to help you, i'm not sure.
They are needed in the Suggestions and Ideas forum most in my opinion.
polls are rarely that usefull.
Yes, they are, but that would rarely be the case if polls were open for everyone to create.
For example, when working on NS2.0, Flay turned to the community a couple of times when making decisions on certain features of the game. He made polls in order to do this. That, surely, was useful.
But if they were enabled We'd probably see Threads Like '0mg whuts ur fav alieann'
But if they were enabled We'd probably see Threads Like '0mg whuts ur fav alieann' <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
pwnos.
Anyway, why don't you just use third party poll software?
I think lycos does a free 1.
people would start polls like "which chamber do you preffer 1st" "sexiest thing in the world" -pamela a. -mrs. gorge
etc