Do you think a survey option would be fun on some threads?

[manofsponge]

Maybe only the OP can put on. Like the DH to the theatre thread. THen we can vote - might defuse some of the madness

answer :
A) YES
B) NO
C) TROLL

Could be a good idea. And maybe stop some of the bitchiness on AIBU.

I actually think YABU or YANBU buttons on the OP would be a good idea.

Or a series of questions like in op? Hmm. Of maybe just yes or no

Yeah, sounds fun. I don't think it would diffuse any madness though, and IME of other forums where this happens lots of people post polls where the question just isn't right, e.g. not giving appropriate options so the entire thread consists of people disagreeing with the way the question is worded or saying their answer is none of the above.

I've thought this for ages, especially on AIBU. Can you imagine the rage of some posters when they had 98.5% YABU staring them in the face? And the furious attempts at vote rigging behind the scenes.

Like supersoaker. Or the one where they wanted to leave a 16 to in charge of a 12 yo

I wouldn't like it for AIBU purposes, but it would be fun for more detailed silly stuff eg "what's your favourite Star Wars Film?/who's the hottest Enterprise captain?" Or even more serious "did you have an epidural/induction and did it end in intervention/EMCS?" "Did you find the implant life saving/flawed/disastrous?" stuff. I guess if you really want to know it's easy enough to set up a survey monkey link.

I think a YABU + YANBU button is a great idea.
I've seen many threads I have wanted to contribute to but haven't because I would get jumped on for having a different opinion.

An anonymous poll would be quite useful in situations like that. And I bet that if we had one the total YABU/YANBU ratio would be more balanced because posters wont be scared to go against the grain.

You do get lots of posts though where people only read the OP and nothing else so the OP can have agreed that they ABU but people still pile on and have a go.