Hm. Question.

[conuly]

I'm not making this a poll, incidentally, even though it's about polls.

I've noticed that a lot of LJ users, when making polls, include a "ticky box" or a pointless question. I do that, in fact. But why do we do such a thing? How widespread is it? Where did it start, and when? *is curious*

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[deceptica]

Actually I wonder about that too, because I don't get it at all. Too me a pointless question at the end of a poll always feels like a sign saying; "Oh, and here's something that's completely pointless, just to emphasize how useless this whole poll is and that I don't really care". Which is probably not the intention, but to me it sometimes feels that way.