Poll: What is your age? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by MichaelApproved » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:01 AM UTC

yagibear wrote: post #19

Old enough to know that this has been asked before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2322031 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=517039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=126923

759 days ago, 1448 days ago and 1867 days ago, respectively.

I think it's OK to ask this question after 2 years. It's great to see how communities change over the years.

Yes, I know it's not scientific at all and does a poor job of reflecting real demographics. But, if you think there's value in asking, then there's value in comparing previous answers.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by lakeeffect » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:02 AM UTC

I think saying please don't abuse makes way for a joke, and may act from the numbers as a planted seed.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by slu » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:04 AM UTC

I think the "Please don't abuse this option..." has had the opposite effect than the OP wanted...

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by danboarder » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:06 AM UTC

kintamanimatt wrote: post #18

Are there really people over 80 and under 10 on this site, or are people just clicking shit for the hell of it?

As I am writing this, there are 8 under 10 and 8 over 90. I think that's a good clue as to a 'margin of error' that should be applied to the results overall.

Edit: wow that went up fast. Now there are 20+ under 8/over 90... I guess whenever an option says "don't abuse this option" there are those who just can't resist.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by biswajitsharma » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:07 AM UTC

21 Under 10 Geniuses ... All hail!

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by vacri » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:08 AM UTC

kintamanimatt wrote: post #26

willlll wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always vote every option in any poll that you can pick more than one thing.

Why? Why fuck up the data like that? The thing with HN Polls is you've no way to create polls in which you can select only one option. All you can do is list the options you want included in the poll, nothing else. On a side note, your personal website is fucking hilarious.

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by jkestner » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:09 AM UTC

slu wrote: post #33

I think the "Please don't abuse this option..." has had the opposite effect than the OP wanted...

It's a honeypot.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by benaiah » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:12 AM UTC

17 - and I'd like to note that this is one of the few forums on which I can have that information public and still be able to participate in (mostly) civil public discourse, without put-downs, pats-on-the-head, or pandering. It's a breath of fresh air.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by cstuder » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:13 AM UTC

Born on the first january of 1970.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Post by jjcm » Fri, Apr 12, 2013, 6:13 AM UTC

sbashyal wrote: post #13

I created HN Charts to visualize HN Poll data. Click the following link to see the result of this poll in an easy to read chart: http://hnlike.com/hncharts/chart/?id=5536734

Can you provide a link back to the original poll somewhere on the page?