I think political polls are pretty much superfluous and can even harm our USP: crunch for science, support science, it's for the good of the humanity etc. Sure, political stuff can be intriguing for some people, but many BOINCers investigating Gridcoin will simply think 'WTF' when they see such stuff and leave. Ultimately, you cannot be attractive to everyone and such attempts are usually not realistic.
This is compounded by the fact that such polls are based on mag+balance voting power, so some people might even think that Gridcoin whales are trying to push some political agenda here (because users with plenty of GRC and/or high magnitude can easily tilt the poll).
Not to mention: WTF has the hack to do with Gridcoin, why should it be of any interest for anyone, esp. outside the US (which is btw. the vast majority of people on this planet)?
Keep non-blockchain and non-BOINC politics out of Gridcoin.
Says someone who has run as candidate in the past.
No need to get angry, there's really nothing anyone can do to prevent a user from creating a poll within the gridcoin client (decentralized), so any poll we have regarding what types of polls are allowed will ultimately be up to the discretion of the poll creator.
The topic is a world political issue not just US, and we've got to get users voting in the first place so eye catching polls will hopefully grab their attention. The hack topic is a world political issue, not just an American issue.
I think political polls are pretty much superfluous and can even harm our USP: crunch for science, support science, it's for the good of the humanity etc. Sure, political stuff can be intriguing for some people, but many BOINCers investigating Gridcoin will simply think 'WTF' when they see such stuff and leave. Ultimately, you cannot be attractive to everyone and such attempts are usually not realistic.
This is compounded by the fact that such polls are based on mag+balance voting power, so some people might even think that Gridcoin whales are trying to push some political agenda here (because users with plenty of GRC and/or high magnitude can easily tilt the poll).
Not to mention: WTF has the hack to do with Gridcoin, why should it be of any interest for anyone, esp. outside the US (which is btw. the vast majority of people on this planet)?
Keep non-blockchain and non-BOINC politics out of Gridcoin.
Says someone who has run as candidate in the past.
No need to get angry, there's really nothing anyone can do to prevent a user from creating a poll within the gridcoin client (decentralized), so any poll we have regarding what types of polls are allowed will ultimately be up to the discretion of the poll creator.
The topic is a world political issue not just US, and we've got to get users voting in the first place so eye catching polls will hopefully grab their attention. The hack topic is a world political issue, not just an American issue.