Comments on: Hard lessons in social media: Online polls http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/online-polls/ about web, social media, accessibility and usability Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:20:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: James http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/online-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 James Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:49:54 +0000 http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/?p=965#comment-1208 Further to this, I’ve just spotted that there’s a Twitterer called @Polljack whose profile says:

Follow us to find out which stupid, loaded, illiberal Daily Mail polls are ripe for skewing. Together, we will ruin the results!

]]> By: James http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/online-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 James Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:12:08 +0000 http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/?p=965#comment-1120 Brilliant! Another perfect example of the risks of online polls. Thanks Heather. Especially interesting that:

Angered Twitter users have now vowed to take their campaign to all of the Daily Mail’s online polls

Which could seriously impact on the Mail’s attempts to ever do a poll again. A hard lesson indeed.

]]> By: Heather http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/online-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Heather Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:44:16 +0000 http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/?p=965#comment-1113 I take it you missed this a few months ago? It was a good laugh!

Twitterers claim victory over loaded daily Mail gypsy poll

]]> By: Gary Miller http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/10/online-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Gary Miller Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:44:23 +0000 http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog/?p=965#comment-1101 *groan* Used to be a time when all we had to worry about were the statisticians manipulating results; now we have the respondents themselves doing it!

Nice article James.

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