After my li'l venture down Poll-road I've become curious as to wether or not you guys & gals actually read the posts in a thread before voting ??? Why you ask, well take a look at this POLL (http://80sxchange.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9670)

I'm not pissed of or mad I'm just very surprised to see how many people actually got this poll all wrong, and seem to have voted without reading any of the posts, so out with it...Do ya read posts before voting, or do you go for the vote and then read posts and reply ????

I know this may be in the wrong forum, but I just think our hardworking mods could use a li'l extra something to do ;) :D

well i only read the first post, and then vote...so does that mean i should vote yes or no or sometimes? i voted yes anyhow

like your example there....i didn't vote on that one cause i don't really know any simple minds songs except for don't you....

I will read the posts sometimes. Often, I vote before I read the posts, so as not to be influenced by what other people have written!!!

Most of the time I do. :angel: I have to admit, anything more than a couple paragraphs I usually skim over. :rolleyes: Course, that goes for anywhere. :D

No, I do not read the posts first. I do not want to be influenced by what people are saying. I take it, that if someone took the time to make a poll then they must want MY opinion. They do not want me saying the same thing or voting the same way just because that is what the rest of the group said is cool.:goofy:

Good question Smurf!

Well, I 'sometimes' read the other posts before voting, but I tend to vote first on what I like or know. Your Simple Minds poll, for example, was cool and all, but I'll be the first to admit, I didn't know that many songs by them, only three, but I did pick my favorite from those. I pick my favorites, that's all I do, and sometimes it just happens to be the big hit or the general vote, but it's my genuine vote nonetheless. :)

Originally posted by Trixter
Your Simple Minds poll, for example, was cool and all, but I'll be the first to admit, I didn't know that many songs by them, only three, but I did pick my favorite from those. I pick my favorites, that's all I do, and sometimes it just happens to be the big hit or the general vote, but it's my genuine vote nonetheless. :)

That's how I feel. I didn't know many of the songs listed. Later after I had voted, I realized if you had put "Sanctify Yourself" on the list I probably would have voted for that one. I had forgotten about that song until someone had brought it up in the thread later. What can I say, I love the song "Don't You Forget About Me". So, sometimes I read the post. Depending on how much time I have to post and all.

Sometimes. I actually read your post in the Simple Minds poll. I just read it wrong :lol:

I voted yes because I gives me an idea of what to say and there might be posts that I agree with and want to add or say what the person had said. I want to be influenced just on how to say things and put into words. But nobody influences on how I vote. thank you.

Originally posted by Iluvthe80s
...Later after I had voted, I realized if you had put "Sanctify Yourself" on the list I probably would have voted for that one...

*yells @ myself; FOR SHAME!!*

Sorry, I don't know how Sanctify yourself slipped that poll...

Myself...Well I usually decide where to cast my vote, then I read replys, before actually voting. Like Scott I like to see what others have posted to get a feel of the thread, maybe find a good quote and to avoid posting the exact same answer as others have :p

I try not to read the posts before I vote, but then I do read them before I reply. I agree with what Scott said. I don't want to sound too repetitive in my reply.

I speed read through everything since I go through pretty much everything that's posted on the forums as a whole :eek: Only way I can get through it all, so sometimes I miss these little details :p

I always read the first post and sometimes i will vote immediately after that or once I have read through all the posts. But I won't post a message until I have read everything first.

I always read the first post, no matter what. If I'm in a rush, I only read the first post, then reply. If I have time, I'll read the whole thread. :)

Sometimes! I read the first few then vote. Then I might read the rest of the posts.

9 times out of 10 I read the first post before voting then the rest afterwards.

I tend to vote first, then read the posts. Or just read the first post and then vote.

The first thing I do in a poll is just VOTE; maybe I don't want to have the influence of anyone in my votes... I read the posts after voting.

I like to vote first without reading the posts. I find it's so much easier to do since the vote button is the first thing that you see anyway and then it is also my own opinion. I read the posts afterwards and find out what everybody else thinks.

Wow, isn't this interesting!?! I figured everyone would at least read the first post before they did anything. The first post is by the person who made the poll, so it has all of their ideas and what they expect from the poll. It never occurred to me not to read it. :confused: If it were your poll, and there was a certain criteria you hoped to gain, you'd want people to read your first post, right? ;)

Of course, this is just my opinion, and you know what they say about those.....

I always vote before reading other people's posts. Simply because I want my vote to be mine and not fall into the general consensus trap.

I voted yes
I always read the first post. Then I will go back and read all of the thread.

Man I have to much time on my hands :eek:

:lol: :lol:

I laughed so hard over that Simple Minds poll when I first saw it. I voted Yes to this one.

Yeah that was fun to see Pippi :p
Sheez people, wake up and smell the coffe :D

Originally posted by Flix
I always vote before reading other people's posts. Simply because I want my vote to be mine and not fall into the general consensus trap.

Or the very popular high-school equvilant of having-the-opposite-oppinion-of-everybody-else-trap ;)

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BTW the coffee you should be able to smell is black and with tons of sugar :biglick:

I am surprised that I have had the guts to vote at all. It seems like those polls are full of traps. :lol: :D

NO..I don't read the posts before voting.

My favorite is don't you Forget about me, so I chose other

I voted "yes". I always read at least the first post if not the whole thing.

I read the first post, then vote, and after voting I will look at the other posts to see who voted what. Like Flix and Guancho said (see, i read the posts after voting!) i vote first before reading all the posts to not be influenced by a common opinion. Or rather like 80s smurf added, trying to be individualistic.

Interesting which ways the Simple Minds poll went. I haven't taken it yet, but still, this mistake probably wouldn't have happend to me as I wouldn't have voted for "Don't you" anyway, if it is up for voting or not. :D You know waht, i will go and post my vote there NOW!

Sometimes. But I prefer to choose my own path and the n discover if someone walked it before me!

I voted, sometimes.

I read posts before voting.

I dont read the posts usually. I like to vote for my own opinion then see what they say.:)

I vote with my opinion first then I read the posts before I comment to add to the conversation in some way.

Sometimes i do to get a feel of what everyone thinks but i always vote my opinion.

I usually only read the first post, unless the thread is one I've already replied to and I notice others replying afterwards. I have made the mistake of misreading or interpreting some threads and thus posting with remarks that other members have had to write me pm's to tip me on editing my post, because I misunderstood the question of the thread or shall I say, I was tired and didn't fully read everything, just skimmed through.

No, your opinion is your opinion. I usually read afterwards.

Agreed :)

Vote first, read later

I don't want to be influenced in any way when I vote :lol:

Defiantally NO! I will read it later!

I read what the OP has written, then I vote. Then I read what others have written because I am interested in their opinions :) But I voted NO because I don't read ALL the posts before voting.

Sometimes, I read other Xchangers' posts before voting.

No. If for some reason, I need an explanation I'll read the first one, but usually I just vote.

No, I vote first. I don't want to be influenced one way or another in whatever the other people think.

straight into the voting as way too impatient.

Seriously though, I'll read the first post if I don't understand the poll and then vote, then make myself a cuppa and read the others while relaxing :happy:

I always vote first.

I read the poll, and answer based on my opinion before reading posts in the thread. I don't think there's a wrong way to answer a poll, unless you totally miss what you're voting on. :p

I go for the vote first, then I read posts.

:apunk:Well, sometimes I don't read 'em even after:rollin:

It may take all my life, friends! :bonk:

Usually i read just the opening post which usually explains the poll.......

Duh!! I thought youmeant the posts that were written after the poll. Yes, I do read the first one that explains the poll. Sorry about that.