elrosst wrote:iheartbenben wrote:HawkGirl wrote:You do realize that it's incredibly easy to skew the results of that poll by voting more than once, don't you?
All results have been recorded to detect if this occurs. If someone decides to do this we have a large enough sample size to EXTRAPOLATE to the larger population already, so this point you bring up is not even a problem. Statistics, fun eh?
Strawpoll is not "that easy" to vote more than once if it is set up correctly. Most people use the setting where you can clear cookies/VPN/Spoof vote. Not the case with mine. If you care to expound on this, do not do so here, as to discourage this behavior. I have also refrained from cross posting this outside of nost to prevent that as well. Thankfully, Nost is the once to decide the veracity of this poll, not you, me, or anyone else.
FEEL FREE TO TRY, as I have told others who have said the same thing, and they have not succeeded.
When the poll closes I will make a nice little graphical data representation for you too look at. Pictures yay!
So I guess I'll respond to your question with my own question, 'You do realize you're wrong, don't you?".
I voted yesterday, and tried again today out of curiosity, and it let me vote again without clearing any cookies, using a VPN, etc. However, when I tried again today after the first attempt, it wouldn't let me as I've already voted. Doesn't seem too secure if I was able to vote twice, without any trickery. Unless I was an anomaly.
The only thing I can tell you is this is anectdotal. I cannot repeat this. You need to FRAPS it and show us.
As of now, if you look at the RECORD/HISTORY of votes, there have been no large surges, and the results percentage wise are static after <100 votes, and remained stable for the next 790 votes as well. I repeat, stable for the next 790 votes. This is tell tell of an effective sample size and we can extrapolate from it as it is now. Please, if you have even the slightest understanding of Statistical Theory, please chime in and help me defend the validity of these results.
You can safely assume these results represent the sentiment of the larger community, percentage wise. The only unknown is the margin of error, but with 52 percent, it does not affect the overall outcome. It is a LANDSLIDE for change, 86 percent in favor of changing the current policy.
@ 4:17 PM US CENTRAL 3-17-15
1. Yes, GM's should control moderation.
460 votes (52%)
2. Neither, there should be NO moderation.
168 votes (19%)
3. Nor, there should be only /say timers (one /world say per 15 seconds)
143 votes (16%)
4. No, Player's should control moderation.
120 votes (13%)
891 total votes
