There has been more info on the issue than you quote. Did you read the article which went into detail into the results of the last vote? It states, that for example there where a lot of multiple votes from the same source (Cyberdog) and THAT should not be encouraged. Obviously TidBits where very capable of sorting out the weed from the goods as the IP number of voters get logged.
It also states, it is not a scientific pol, only one which shows the votes of participants in the vote. So, I for one am glad that Jan informed us. Not knowing about a vote and thus not voting will not make a poll's result any more truthful or useful - multiple votes is what really kills a vote. You have to KNOW that a vote is going on, else you can't vote. If it really should be a 'vote as long as you haven't been informed via any other means than this TidBits page', then the vote should be called "which email client is the program of choice for TidBits readers", then yes, I agree, no outside informing should be applied. ---marlyse ------------ former message(s) quotes: ------------- >Hi Jan, > >>I would like to encourage you to cast your vote in the TidBits front page >>poll in favour of PowerMail. >> >>In the 1999 poll PowerMail had 1% of the votes. Now it has 2%. >> >>Let's show our numbers! > >...and here's a direct quote from the TidBits editors: >********************************************************* >Also, this poll > suffered from serious ballot box stuffing last time, as fans of > one program or another encouraged people on other lists to come > and vote. Please don't do that this time, since it skews the > results horribly, as we saw by the then-obsolete Cyberdog's 17 > percent response rate. >********************************************************* > >Jim > >-- >Jim Pistrang >JP Computer Resources >413-256-4569 >http://users.crocker.com/~pistrang > >
