Originally Posted by
JonNYC
I'd also add-- but most certainly cannot support/prove/know, obviously-- that if the results of the poll were the exact opposite (20% margin against) that those who oppose this feature would be bandying that result about as "a clear rejection of turning FT into Facebook!" and "a decisive defeat for this dumb idea!" And they wouldn't be talking about "well, only a fraction of FTers voted, so...." and/or "well, if you look at it, it's still basically not far from 50/50, right??"
Be honest-- you
know it's true.
Per your own logic, you
would know it's true when the yes camp could place the same argument if the no votes were taking the lead in this poll, wouldn't you?
I personally don't think this line of what-ifs conjecture would add any value to the discussion especially when you can't provide evidence to prove your "theory."
Originally Posted by
intuition
And again, how is a poll with 700 votes out of a population of 500 000+ members, where you have no information of the statistical selection of voters, a clear indicator of the whole population?
Exactly!
It's a fact FT now has 580,319 members.
With 712 voters so far in this poll (which is only 0.123% of FTers), no one can claim the majority of FTers have spoken, no matter what the result is.
Originally Posted by
HansGolden
... a clear majority of FTers wants it.
Sorry to disappoint you. Not until you get 290,160 FTers (aka 50% of current 580,319 registered members) to show their support, nobody knows what the majority of FTers want for anything. Yes, statistics is a b*tch.
See
Post#645 by
halls120 for a more accurate description of the voting trend in this poll:
Originally Posted by
halls120
No, a majority of FT members who have voted favor this addition.
I think the bottom line is how a new addition, such as this LIKE/Helpful button, can really improve a non social media like FT. That's the million-dollar question for our TB and CD to ponder upon.