Wouldn't it be nice if the starter of a poll had an option to enable nominations by other ATS users? For instance, if a poll was "American's what
party do you belong to?," the choices being Dem., Rep., and Indy. Wouldn't it be nice if I could add another party, such as Libertarian? William?
The problem with such a feature would mean any random person could simply add a new option. If a person specifically starts a poll wanting two options
plus "other", by the end of the day it could have 30 options.
Yes,
someone could ruin the 'exclusivity' of each option by adding things that would invalidate the questions. For instance: In my UFO poll, though I
used the basic Hynek system (close encounters of the 3rd kind, etc.). However, someone who came alone later could have added, "I saw me an ale'in
once" even though that 'scenario' is already covered by the CE3 option...
Nope, my proposal was for the poll creator to have an option to enable nominations. If the creator wanted to limit smart-arse nominations, he or she
simply would not check "Enable Nominations." I've seen it on other boards.