Polls in Gamer's Cavern only?

[Trifletraxor]

Wheat do you think?

[Magistus]

The answer I really wanted is not listed which is, polls should either only be for admins and moderators, or just turned off, I hate polls, becuase they really don't add anything.

[Trifletraxor]

That's an idea.

Rurik would be sad though!

I'll take it into consideration.

SGL.

[Trifletraxor]

The change we made now is really not that big. We have two forums, one for basic roleplaying system and its supplements, and another for the "other" stuff. By adding the second forum as a subforum, the main forum page is bypassed. Subforums for individual PhP games can be added in here when they are started. If things get crowded, then we can always add more.

(I'm actually quite happy with the new layout. I hate dead forums with no activity just sitting there. )

SGL.

[Rurik]

Allright, gotta sound in on this.

A lot of things get said/argued/suggested/flogged_well_beyond_the_point_of_reason on forums that I dislike. If a topic does not appeal to me I ignore it and move on. I don't see how polls are any different - in fact they are advertised as being polls upfront with a colorfull little icon, saving you the time of reading any posts before realising you don't like the thread.

And the evidence is that most people like to take the time to click on poll results. They get many clicks, much more than posts usually. And even the silly frivolous ones seem to entertain a segment of the board members.

I personally hate Elves, Ninjas, and Discussions of Atomic Structure and how it relates to variable armor points for example, but when I realise a thread is not to my liking I just skip it, I don't try to get it moved to some irrelevant part of the board.

If you have no interest in a poll titled "What would you like to do with a Troll Hag in bed?" just skip it.

[Magistus]

I was giving my opinion, and I know not everyone shares my view. I don't mind a poll now and again, but what I have noticed, most polls on forums are created by board users only trying to increase their post count by making a poll that usually is pointless, to use an example from here, the two Who Would Kick Ass polls, in my opinion didn't add anything to the site, and I did skip it.

The poll by Trif on should the site have one forum or multiples, a good example of a useful poll.