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The only semi-serious use of Twitter polls I've ever seen is stuff like "which game should I stream next". It's very obviously not a representative sampling of
by TillE 4y ago
The only semi-serious use of Twitter polls I've ever seen is stuff like "which game should I stream next". It's very obviously not a representative sampling of anything except your most engaged followers.
I'm sure other services exist, but it's annoying to do this when Strawpoll just shut down last year.
Also I check out the For You tab from time to time, and the only "bots" I've ever seen are the ones which post cute animal pictures.
- capableweb 4y ago> The only semi-serious use of Twitter polls I've ever seen is stuff like "which game should I stream next". It's very obviously not a representative sampling of anything except your most engaged followers. Unless you manage to achieve global representation, most polls work by taking a sample from a specific population. In this case, it usually involves a segment of your followers or, occasionally, a broader Twitter audience. However, it clearly does not include people who refrain from participating in random Twitter polls. The polling conducted by your online newspaper represents a portion of their readers. When they perform on-the-ground reporting, the sample consists of people present at the actual physical location, and so on. This is the reason we aggregate multiple polls to obtain global numbers because individual polls inevitably have a limited audience, one way or another.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y agoHere in the UK, our news services literally report on Twitter polls as if they were incredibly meaningful. Now our news is going to be even more biased.