option to make voters public.

[longbob72]

polls are rather useless on this forum because anyone can abuse it by making multiple accounts. can we have the option to make a the voters public in the new forum? this won't stop the abuse but at the very least people can see clearer result of a poll.

what do you think?

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[Lauda]

So you're essentially saying that we should completely de-anonymize polls? I disagree. If it does come to this one day, I will definitely stop voting in most cases.

[longbob72]

So you're essentially saying that we should completely de-anonymize polls? I disagree. If it does come to this one day, I will definitely stop voting in most cases.

I did say option. it means it would be optional. and to make it more clear, automatically add a notice saying "your vote will be published".

and with the way how polls currently are, most sensible users wouldn't even care about their results.

[Lauda]

I did say option. it means it would be optional. and to make it more clear, automatically add a notice saying "your vote will be published".

and with the way how polls currently are, most sensible users wouldn't even care about their results.

Okayn, that makes more sense. I have probably missed that word at first. The polls could use more option anyway. I wouldn't mind it then, since the user could just choose not to participate in those polls (without having to avoid all  forum based polls).

[RodeoX]

Are pole voters visible to the thread starter? I thought they were. 

[longbob72]

Are pole voters visible to the thread starter? I thought they were. 

nope. even if they are, it won't do any good if no one else can see them.