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I also come here for the smart people you can find. I don't see why polls would change that.

Zeitgeiss anyone? Vote a), b) or c).

I think that the signal/noise ratio would get higher.

We could adopt a convention that when you vote, you post a short comment to explain your rationale.

???

Why would that be bad?

Because then the site would be like Reddit - interesting content that is impossible to find in the vast froothing sea of Ron Paul submissions, funny pictures and conspiracy theories.

:-)

Then I think you meant that the signal/noise ratio would become lower.

Oooops....

You're right. Sorry about that.

This subthread is an example of the ratio getting higher.

I think you mean lower.

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