"Detailed results visible to: None" is not quite truthful

[sophie]

Title:
"Detailed results visible to: None" is not quite truthful

Area:
Polls

Summary:
When people view polls created by others who have set their poll to be viewable to "Just Me", this displays as "None" to other users. This isn't quite truthful, and I propose that this should say "Just Me" in all cases.

Description:
Back in June 2008, LiveJournal changed the way polls display slightly; the "None" option for polls, which in reality still let the creator of the polls see the detailed results, was renamed to "Just Me". However, it was implemented in such a way that only the creator of the poll saw the "Just Me" text on the poll itself; other people viewing it would still see "None". This was obviously a deliberate design choice on their part (it took more effort to put in that logic than it would have done just to change the text), but I'll be honest and say that I can't work out why this was done.

In any case, Dreamwidth picked up that new code in a codebase merge in January 2009 and Dreamwidth has now had this same behaviour for over two years now.

I feel like this isn't really very truthful to the viewer, and worse, now that Dreamwidth has anonymous polls, someone reading that might misinterpret it as thinking the poll is an anonymous one, whereas in reality the creator of the poll could still see who answered with what.

(For the record: If a poll is anonymous, it will *always* include the text "This poll is anonymous" between the poll title and the line stating what the settings are. If that line isn't there, the poll isn't truly anonymous and at least one person - the creator of the poll - will be able to associate your answers with your account.)

I think that we should remove the logic that displays different text depending on the person viewing is the creator or not, and we should display "Just Me" to all users. (Alternatively, we could keep the logic and change the "None" to "Just Creator" - so it would change between "Just Me" and "Just Creator" depending on who views it.)

Poll #6471 "Detailed results visible to: None" is not quite truthful

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 63

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Should be implemented as-is.
43 (68.3%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
17 (27.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
3 (4.8%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[silverflight8]

Yes. This has been bothering me for awhile.

[trixieleitz]

Agreed.

...keep the logic and change the "None" to "Just Creator" - so it would change between "Just Me" and "Just Creator" depending on who views it.

I think it would be better implemented this way; then it would be clear to the viewer that at least one other person can see their responses. "Just Me" could be interpreted as "just the viewer" and that's not the case.

[azurelunatic]

That was my exact reaction.

[trixieleitz]

It would also be a lot simpler to implement - with any luck, just a matter of tweaking site text using the translation interface :)

[tree]

+1

[zing_och]

+1

[rydra_wong]

This.

[sidheblessed]

Yep, this.

[dancing_serpent]

+1

[kerravonsen]

+1

[sally_maria]

I like this version of the idea.

[zeborah]

+1

[charamei]

+1

[turlough]

+1

[thorfinn]

+1

[eruthros]

+1

[ursamajor]

Agreed.

[susanreads]

+1

[axiom_of_stripe]

+1

[cheyinka]

+1

[jumpuphigh]

I agree with your logic.

[ursamajor]

... omg, an Earthling icon!

[jumpuphigh]

:D