I was also impressed by the disclaimer under the poll results: 'Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion.' What does that mean? No-one, surely, is going to think that an opinion poll on the net can be safely taken as a reflection of public opinion. But more puzzling: 'indicative'? What are they claiming it's indicative of, if not public opinion? I suppose it's literally indicative of the opinions of poeple who've read the story and bothered to vote, but...
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Date: February 6th, 2002 05:18 am (UTC)From:'Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion.'
What does that mean? No-one, surely, is going to think that an opinion poll on the net can be safely taken as a reflection of public opinion. But more puzzling: 'indicative'? What are they claiming it's indicative of, if not public opinion? I suppose it's literally indicative of the opinions of poeple who've read the story and bothered to vote, but...