Lens Milestone – Poll Gets Over 1,000 Votes
Posted by mac33 on June 18, 2009
Woohoo! This week the poll on my lens about the online game Fallen Sword got its one thousandth vote! That’s way more votes than any other lens poll I have.
It didn’t happen overnight, the lens will be 2 years old in a few weeks, but it’s cool to see a poll get that much interest. It’s also good to know people read down the lens at least as far as the poll module. Here’s a screen shot…
One thing that I think helped get this much participation (other than traffic) was offering more than 2 choices. When I see a poll where the only options are “It’s Great” and “It Sucks”, I’ll usually pass if my opinion isn’t at either extreme. But if there are some more moderate options to choose, I’ll probably vote.
Look at the results above…40% of the votes were for the middle three options. That’s 400 votes that might not have been cast if the only options were “Awesome” and “Complete Rubbish”.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:08 am
I agree that you can make polls much more interesting than the basic two responses. I try to put some attitude, where appropriate, in my polls. My humorous lens, The Best-Ever Cupcakes Recipe lens, is full of polls with attitude. I hope that people find them fun to participate in.
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 am
Wow, that’s great! Traffic is good, but participation makes you feel like a million bucks!