Poll: How Old Are You? • Hacker News Board

sph wrote: post #29

user_7832 wrote: post #17

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Oh yeah I definitely agree that the jokes here are quite tolerable compared to most/all other sites. It's just that a lot of joke answers early on in the life of a post may make other users who may otherwise seriously respond, look at the responses and go "Aah it's a joke post/it's filled with joke responses, better not waste my time". Consequently the post may not see many upvotes and die out quickly. In comparison,…

Fair enough. But I think in generals polls need a fake answer for bots, trolls or they will contaminate the other results further. See the reference to the Lizardman's Constant someone linked elsewhere in this thread.

> Lizardman's Constant

Thanks for this, that's a good point.