Comments on: Enduring an election poll

By: RossK

RossK — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:14:31 +0000

OK.

I figured Ms. Bula might be a rule breaker.

But….

Who’d a thunk that she purchases her weaponry from Zellers…..

By: gmgw

gmgw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:10:40 +0000

Thank you to Chris and Frances for the clarifications. When the re:place “posts” began to appear a couple of weeks(?) ago, I found them distracting, annoying and had no idea where they came from. I still find them distracting, but at least now I know why they’re there.
gmgw

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:12:38 +0000

P.S. you can differentiate trackback comments by the grey background.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:11:45 +0000

gmgw – the comments from re:place magazine are actually created by Frances blog. It’s a setting in WordPress that automatically adds trackbacks (from people linking to your posts) as comments.

re:Place has no control over those comments and they are not spam or advertising. The reason WordPress adds those as comments, is because links from another blog are seen as kudos. It’s a compliment if anything.

By: fbula

fbula — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:26:53 +0000

I see that most of you refuse to allow yourselves to be polled. Alas, I belong to that diminishing contingent that is curious about what the pollsters are polling on. The price of my curiousity is having to answer their questions. My complaint, in this case, was that the price was SO high.

By: fbula

fbula — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:24:50 +0000

gmgw,

I’ve found some interesting things on re:place, actually, like their current map showing the intensity of cycling, walking in different parts of the city. But I probably don’t have to approve their posts, since they’re just links.

By: gmgw

gmgw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:36:36 +0000

“re:place magazine is not spam.”

They’re intruding into online discussions to which they do not otherwise contribute solely for the purpose of advertising a product. That makes them spammers, at least in this context, no matter how valid you may think their product is. Sorry.
gmgw

By: blaffergassted

blaffergassted — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:29:57 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly.

But I still don’t understand WHY Carole James is the best to lead the Canucks on Earth Day!

By: MB

MB — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:47:22 +0000

Fabula, you are a radical rule-breaker? My image of you has been utterly shattered. Bet you snuck a toke or two behind your high school vent intake too.

We aways screen our calls. We also close the door — politely, but firmly — on the Single Parents Foodbank and all the others who barely qualify as charities (if at all), JWs, and other unsolicited solicitors. Exceptions are the neighbourhood kids seeking sponsors for school projects.

I prefer giving a slice of each paycheque to the United Way over handing out money at our door anyway.

Recently my wife closed the door on a neighbour looking for his lost cat. It was a clear case of mistaken identity. We had to chalk him up as collateral damage.

Then there are the occassional drunken yobs who leave long, inane phone messages at 4:00 a.m., obviously mistaking our number for a friend’s. As if. Well, I have a fax machine at work that dials up to ten times each time you hit send …..

By: LP

LP — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:46:27 +0000

Each time one calls, I ask if my time is being compensated. When they say no, I hang up.

My thoughts are that if I go to a focus group I get paid, why shouldn’t the pollsters pay for the information they get from us.