Almost always. I sometimes forget. I've been trying to boost more in general. Long time web usage has taught me "Don't fucking spam!", but spam's kinda how things work here. It still feels weird though.
usually, but I think there have been exceptions. Probably because of a CW (or lack thereof), since poll posts can't have images anyway from what I've seen so they don't need alt text lol
@MartyFouts Even then... I used to see this fun Star Trek trivia game on here where you could click your answer in a poll, but the post always had a reminder that we should boost if we participated, and I quickly got annoyed with that and stopped following.
25% out of 1321 is 330. The extra 7 out of 30%, which is 396 is less then 2%.
"Rarely" in this case means "in less then 2% cases"... but of course, there may be hidden bias caused by some of other poll participants lying about what they do ๐
I think seeing a lot of "please boost for more reach" notes at the end of polls has taught me to do it automatically even when such a note is not present
I think that ''boost on vote'' should be the default and you'd have to opt-out every time if you're so inclined. If you think the poll is worth participating, then why won't you spread the word about it, after all?
oh no, three of the answers basically mean no, and there's no sometimes option!
Like other toots, I boost a poll if I think it's relevant to my friends or they would enjoy it, and it's not got so many boosts that it still makes a difference.
Almost always, so I voted yes. There are some where it's contextually obvious that this poss *isn't* meant for wider distribution (e.g.: I take part in an ongoing writers'/creators' hashtag that sometimes tells participants to create a poll; boosting those beyond the hashtag wouldn't be appropriate IMO), but aside from such cases, "vote and then boost" is practically automatic. Like, voting in a poll feels to me like a 2-click operation, because I boost so routinely.
First of all, you have to get SIGNIFICANT results, meaning there first of all has to be a large enough number of voters - and how do you get this number..? Exactlyโผ๏ธ
Rynach
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in reply to Rynach • • •Yeah @Rynach, you're completely right!
But look at the poll's resultโผ๏ธ
Only boosting a poll brings up meaningful results!
This poll was very important, thank you @HamonWry, because a lot of people seem not to realize this simple fact.
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Unknown parent • • •OK. Didn't realize the results came up.
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in reply to Ham on Wry • • •Am I supposed to?
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in reply to Ham on Wry • • •25% out of 1321 is 330. The extra 7 out of 30%, which is 396 is less then 2%.
"Rarely" in this case means "in less then 2% cases"... but of course, there may be hidden bias caused by some of other poll participants lying about what they do ๐
Hippo ๐
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in reply to Ham on Wry • • •ยผ replied yes.
400 boosts.
OK, that's consistent!
... and behold
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in reply to Ham on Wry • • •oh no, three of the answers basically mean no, and there's no sometimes option!
Like other toots, I boost a poll if I think it's relevant to my friends or they would enjoy it, and it's not got so many boosts that it still makes a difference.
llewelly
in reply to Ham on Wry • • •not unless I want to dilute my vote. : )
(in all seriousness, I usually do)
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First of all, you have to get SIGNIFICANT results, meaning there first of all has to be a large enough number of voters - and how do you get this number..? Exactlyโผ๏ธ
@webhat
@yodaladywhooo
@raphaelmorgan @HamonWry
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webhat
in reply to MฤMฤNTล MลRi๐๐ช๐บ๐ฉ๐ช • • •@Mons1serrata I think our wires are crossed ๐ I'll boost the first time to get significant results, and reboost if the results are interesting
@yodaladywhooo @raphaelmorgan @HamonWry
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Yes ๐. That's making sense ๐. Thanks for your answer.
@yodaladywhooo @raphaelmorgan @HamonWry
webhat
in reply to MฤMฤNTล MลRi๐๐ช๐บ๐ฉ๐ช • • •@Mons1serrata gladly ๐
@yodaladywhooo @raphaelmorgan @HamonWry