Yeah, and we can call them... polls! Genius! And what if you could comment on the questions?? Wait, whoa. You guys. Awesome idea. How about being able to give comments thumbs up or thumbs down??? Brb, writing this in my idea journal.
I believe the OP is asking if the site should allow open ended questions that have no voting component at all. The knee example is a good one because the OP may not be aware of the different medical options available to him/her and therefore couldn't come up with reasonable poll options for us to vote on.
I meaned something with only comment, and you can vote the comments and like the best 3 are on top, and the one who asked it can choose the one he needed.
but then no one would read the new comments or possibly good suggestions at the bottom and lots of them would prob repeat and if theres already a answer similar to their own ppl mite just not vote or comment
I was being facetious. I know, I told myself I would stop, but I couldn't help myself here.
Anyway, I think the knee example is awful - people should NOT be coming here for medical advice. They should see a real physician.
I think there should just be an option to not include any voting choices in a "poll", or just rename them "questions" and have the option to add voting choices. No need to add an entirely separate section for something that isn't particularly different. It'll end up poll-like anyway, as the best answers will be democratically voted to the top. Either way, I just think the poll feature needs slight tweaking, if anything.
Google is the perfect tool designed exactly for those kinds of questions, as well as Wikipedia and a litany of other sites dedicated to providing you with that kind of information. Or if you want anonymous strangers to answer factual questions for some unimaginable reason, try Yahoo Answers.
I know, and I'm saying that's because there are hardly any examples that fit the theme of this site without just being Google questions.
But here, I'll help you out with an example: "How do you envision god?"
That's a question that requires a personal, not factual answer, and it's probably too personal for voting options. That said, people have already asked this question and they just added the most common poll choices and left the rest to comment, which is incredibly simple to do.
I just think there should be the option of having zero poll choices for a poll question, to benefit those (me included) who far prefer the discussion over the voting. But even that's not really necessary, because like I said, it's incredibly simple to just let people give their own comments/ideas if they don't line up with the poll choices.
Should this site have a part where you can ask questions?
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Yeah, and we can call them... polls! Genius! And what if you could comment on the questions?? Wait, whoa. You guys. Awesome idea. How about being able to give comments thumbs up or thumbs down??? Brb, writing this in my idea journal.
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*gigglesnort*
I believe the OP is asking if the site should allow open ended questions that have no voting component at all. The knee example is a good one because the OP may not be aware of the different medical options available to him/her and therefore couldn't come up with reasonable poll options for us to vote on.
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well you can do a:
a) apply ointment
b) put ice on it
c) elevate
d) comment <--
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I meaned something with only comment, and you can vote the comments and like the best 3 are on top, and the one who asked it can choose the one he needed.
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but then no one would read the new comments or possibly good suggestions at the bottom and lots of them would prob repeat and if theres already a answer similar to their own ppl mite just not vote or comment
I was being facetious. I know, I told myself I would stop, but I couldn't help myself here.
Anyway, I think the knee example is awful - people should NOT be coming here for medical advice. They should see a real physician.
I think there should just be an option to not include any voting choices in a "poll", or just rename them "questions" and have the option to add voting choices. No need to add an entirely separate section for something that isn't particularly different. It'll end up poll-like anyway, as the best answers will be democratically voted to the top. Either way, I just think the poll feature needs slight tweaking, if anything.
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Not only medical things, i had no other examples, but i mean more like: "how do i clean my keyboard or why do we have gravity
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Google is the perfect tool designed exactly for those kinds of questions, as well as Wikipedia and a litany of other sites dedicated to providing you with that kind of information. Or if you want anonymous strangers to answer factual questions for some unimaginable reason, try Yahoo Answers.
Also... "why do we have gravity"? Seriously?
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I just have no examples
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I know, and I'm saying that's because there are hardly any examples that fit the theme of this site without just being Google questions.
But here, I'll help you out with an example: "How do you envision god?"
That's a question that requires a personal, not factual answer, and it's probably too personal for voting options. That said, people have already asked this question and they just added the most common poll choices and left the rest to comment, which is incredibly simple to do.
I just think there should be the option of having zero poll choices for a poll question, to benefit those (me included) who far prefer the discussion over the voting. But even that's not really necessary, because like I said, it's incredibly simple to just let people give their own comments/ideas if they don't line up with the poll choices.
Smart ass :)