[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: poll idea (and the results will be useful for packagers)

[Rich Felker]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:54:11AM +0100, Alban Bedel wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:29:35 -0500
> Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 12:16:51AM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > > > > Obviously the poll would need to be web-based for greater accessibility.
> > > > 
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I hope that's a joke. Maybe sarcasm/troll, in which case I'd feel stupid
> > > > for replying seriously to the first part which seemed serious.
> > > 
> > > No, that was quite serious, too. Why do you think it's a joke?
> > 
> > Web based has no accountability and it's less accessible.
> 
> Sorry but my mind reader broke again so it would be nice if you finished
> that sentence. Less accessible than what ?

Email, I suppose.

> Sure web stuff have their limitations we all know that. But for the
> case at hand (ie. pooling _users_ at large) that seems ok to me.

Until lamers flood the poll with votes from multiple addresses.. A web
poll is utterly useless for any poll intended to aid in
decision-making.

Rich