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Poll: How do you normally respond to ProZ.com polls?
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Julian Holmes
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Other Sep 2, 2017

Lightheartedly

Because, recently, a large percentage of them seem to be originated by this person 'who-shall-not-be-named' called Anonymous, most probably a.k.a. Proz.com staff. If you can't put a name behind an opinion or idea, then it really doesn't warrant a well-thought-out reply or serious discussion. You might as well start off each Anonymous poll topic with "Rumour has it that..." or "Current opinion is that...." IMHO


 
Natalia Pedrosa
Natalia Pedrosa
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Hahaha Sep 2, 2017

You just made my day, Julian.

Regards,
Natalia


 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Truthfully Sep 2, 2017

In principle, truthfully, I enjoy the polls and check them daily, though I wish that the same questions weren’t asked over and over again and “Anonymous” could become “nonymous”…

 
Mirko Mainardi
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Thruthfully Sep 2, 2017

I don't

 
neilmac
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Truthfully Sep 2, 2017

Why on earth would I respond otherwise? I have better things to do with my time than try to mislead people just for the sake of it.

 
Christine Andersen
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Truthfully Sep 2, 2017

... with my usual heavy-handed passion if it is one of my hobby-horses...
If I can't face the truth, I chicken out and don't answer at all.


 
Kay Denney
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France
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truthfully Sep 2, 2017

but I wish I could think up funny answers like today's pollster! thanks for the daily chuckle

 
shasas
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Germany
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Please elaborate... Sep 2, 2017

...if you're among those who answered "I don't"

 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
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Subjectively; Sep 2, 2017

From my current point of view and knowledge.

 
Elizabeth Tamblin
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United Kingdom
Local time: 09:57
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How do we know... Sep 2, 2017

... if any of the answers to this poll are true?

 
JaneTranslates
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Agree with Elizabeth Sep 2, 2017

Elizabeth Tamblin wrote:

How do we know if any of the answers to this poll are true?


Exactly what I was thinking! People who lie on polls may be doing it maliciously, or impishly, or just because lying is what they do. So maybe chronic liars are lying on this one--meaning, perhaps, that they usually DO answer truthfully and are now lying about that fact?

Now I'm starting my Saturday with a headache.

Jane


 
Christine Andersen
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Now that WOULD be an interesting poll... Sep 2, 2017

I knew someone would raise this point

Elizabeth Tamblin wrote:

How do we know....
... if any of the answers to this poll are true?


Can anyone devise a poll that makes allowances for the Epimenides Paradox, the 'All Cretans are liars' story?
http://david.tribble.com/text/liar.htm

Something on the lines of "How would a liar answer this question?", I believe
Or: "How would you answer this question if you were lying?"

See what I mean? I was telling the truth all along, and you set me off on a hobby-horse!





[Edited at 2017-09-02 13:45 GMT]


 
Elizabeth Tamblin
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United Kingdom
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@Christine Sep 2, 2017

I do see what you mean!

 
EvaVer (X)
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If anyone answers "I don't", Sep 2, 2017

how comes they are answering this one?

 
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