On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:06:42AM +1100, wrote:
> Meaningless, meaningless polls.
> If you want to vote multiple times to skew the tally, all you have to do
> is delete your browsing history and temporary internet files through your
> browser.
I took a quick look and the fairfax polling script seems to allow
only one vote from any internet address - which is a common method of
reducing multiple voting in online polls. There are still various ways
a single person can make multiple votes - thousands of votes if they
are determined. There is no easy way to provide quick anonymous online
voting without this problem. There is a neologism, "freeping", for the
skewing of online polls, stemming from a website where it is popular:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic
There is no reason to believe multiple voting has skewed the Age poll.
One newspaper report indicated a Morgan poll found 75+% of Victorian
opposed a 2009 duck season. But its not at all surpising that
an online poll like this would have different resultsa and as Perter
says it pretty meaningless.
Duck hunting was a relatively popular Victorian activitiy. In the 1980s
there were nearly 100,000 duck hunters. When I took part in anti-hunting
protests in NSW in the 80s, hunters up from Victoria outnumbered locals
about 2-1. These days I believe its more like 20,000 licensed duck
hunters in Victoria.
Andrew
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