And commenting is a good way to get your two cents in indeed! I look at the poll results, but it's only one small factor I use in decisions; I also use comments, issues brought up in discussion, and my own personal experience in watching people use LJ and DW since 2001. It's why I'm so careful to say that poll votes are not a majority-rule sort of thing; there have been cases in the past where really popular suggestions got rejected because of one really fantastic and compelling argument against in the comments, for instance, or cases where I judge the reward of the suggestion not worth the time it would take to implement it (in cases where it would require a rewrite of everything) or not worth the security risk it introduces, yadda.
The polls, and the suggestions, do do a great job of letting me know what people think about things, and how strongly they feel about it; I'd say it's about 75% of my decision. But the other 25% is important too.
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And commenting is a good way to get your two cents in indeed! I look at the poll results, but it's only one small factor I use in decisions; I also use comments, issues brought up in discussion, and my own personal experience in watching people use LJ and DW since 2001. It's why I'm so careful to say that poll votes are not a majority-rule sort of thing; there have been cases in the past where really popular suggestions got rejected because of one really fantastic and compelling argument against in the comments, for instance, or cases where I judge the reward of the suggestion not worth the time it would take to implement it (in cases where it would require a rewrite of everything) or not worth the security risk it introduces, yadda.
The polls, and the suggestions, do do a great job of letting me know what people think about things, and how strongly they feel about it; I'd say it's about 75% of my decision. But the other 25% is important too.