2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: More bad news: Obama +4 (October 2); Romney +1 (October 4): Clarus Research Group [View all]well
1. Just from what I've seen the guy posts good and bad polls.
2. But, let's say he only posts bad polls, what's the big deal? It's good for the forum. Like I said already, the good polls are going to get posted no matter what. Everyone rushes to post the good stuff. It's good for everyone if the bad stuff also gets posted. It gives a more realistic view of the race. And if the bad polls have flaws, then those can get pointed out in the thread. There's a tendency to cherry pick info and I think that's harmful. That's also what conservatives do. (think: unskewedpolls.com)
3. Why discourage people who post polls? There are only a few. I got accused of posting bad stuff, so guess what? I just stopped posting any polls, good and bad. I still get a lot of them sent to me, I just don't pass them on. You discourage posters like Blue Yorker and TroyD, who post polls regularly, and who whenever they happen to post a bad poll get attacked personally, then the forum is worse off as a result
I'm not singling you out. I see people attacking the people who post polls alot. I think it's good for the forum that those guys have thick skins.