[ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

[Daniel Lamb]

Think their polls work on ip addresses?

Or think you could sit there and continually click linux?

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Kirrus
Sent: 26 October 2007 15:03
To: mail at philipnewborough.co.uk; British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices


----- "Philip Newborough" <mail at philipnewborough.co.uk> wrote:
> On 26/10/2007, andylockran <andy at zrmt.com> wrote:
> > Martyn wrote:
> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm
> > >>
> > >> Options:
> > >>
> > >> Will you be buying Leopard?
> > >>   > Yes - I need new spots!
> > >>   > No - Tiger for me!
> > >>   > I'm a Windows user!
> > >>
> > >> Vote!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Matthew G Larsen
> > >>   > mat.larsen at gmail.com
> > >>   > matthew.larsen at logicacmg.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > The options have changed a bit now:
> > >
> > > Yes - I need new spots                 @18.26%
> > > No - I'm happy with Tiger               @ 5.61%
> > > No - Linux is my OS of choice       @ 11.62%
> > > No - I'm a Windows user               @ 64.49%
> > >
> > >
> > I find it strange that the percentages seem to change so little
> after
> > another 3000 votes.. I wouldn't have thought that there was such a
> clear
> > relationship between the first 2000 voters on the site, and the
> next
> > 3000.  Expecially as the Windows & Mac users were given a head
> start.
> > The linux figure popped up at ~11% when I first noticed it was added
> -
> > and no figures have changed by more than 1% since (according to my
> very
> > casual observation).
> > Are the BBC fixing the figures to justify the iPlayer?
> 
> So maybe a combined effort is needed to push the Linux percentage
> up!?
> Have we all blogged about it? has it been dugg? Just an idea.
> 

Andy's already beaten you to it ;)

http://digg.com/linux_unix/BBC_put_up_poll_without_Linux_option_let_s_show_t
hem

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