Poll of the Day > This poll was a good way of tricking people into admitting how old they are.

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PoIl6177
07/22/18 10:14:28 AM
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They got you
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thekingoftown
07/22/18 11:07:15 AM
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Not if you lied
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ParanoidObsessive
07/22/18 11:16:29 AM
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Why would they need to, when they've already had polls like this?

http://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6841-how-old-are-you

Today's poll, like the last few polls, is more for collecting the demographic data they then sell on to interested parties, so they can monetize the user-base here. They've been doing that almost since the site was sold to C|Net / CBS.


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DPsx7
07/22/18 11:27:34 AM
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Doesn't matter. Adblockers make sure the advertisers dollars go to waste.
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ParanoidObsessive
07/22/18 11:53:42 AM
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DPsx7 posted...
Doesn't matter. Adblockers make sure the advertisers dollars go to waste.

Not everyone on the site uses some form of ad block. And even if we did it still doesn't invalidate the info, since it can be used to represent stereotypical "gamers" (even if the self-selection bias on this site is kind of extreme), and thus can be used by marketing firms to tailor content for other distribution sources.


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PoIl6177
07/22/18 1:57:24 PM
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most of the people on this site are too old to even know what adblocker is
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Hard_Light
07/22/18 2:02:14 PM
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your username is poil
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Zeus
07/22/18 3:08:02 PM
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PoIl6177 posted...
They got you


Not really. Some people got email addresses earlier or later than others. If somebody signed up for an email address they were 8, 15 years later they'd only be 23. Meanwhile, a guy who didn't get one until they were 15 would have only owned theirs for 8 years when they were 23. It's a very poor proxy for age.

Oh, plus older, non-office workers could have avoided getting an email address until relatively recently. So somebody who may have only had an email address for 5 years could be 50 or 60... although I can't imagine that those kinds of people would be on a gaming site in the first place.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
Why would they need to, when they've already had polls like this?

http://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6841-how-old-are-you


Kek.
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PoIl6177
07/22/18 6:12:35 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Why would they need to, when they've already had polls like this?

http://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6841-how-old-are-you

Because that's the poll everyone lies in....
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Zeus
07/22/18 7:01:17 PM
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PoIl6177 posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
Why would they need to, when they've already had polls like this?

http://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6841-how-old-are-you

Because that's the poll everyone lies in....


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But seriously, this poll doesn't really provide useful information in regards to age.
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SunWuKung420
07/22/18 7:05:48 PM
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Only 10k voters, sad.
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wwinterj25
07/22/18 7:15:23 PM
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It's no secret how old I am.
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Zeus
07/22/18 7:25:50 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
It's no secret how old I am.


25?! No, wait, that account was made in 2006 so... 37?!
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wwinterj25
07/22/18 7:29:08 PM
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Zeus posted...
25?! No, wait, that account was made in 2006 so... 37?!


Wrong on both accounts.
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ParanoidObsessive
07/23/18 7:58:18 PM
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PoIl6177 posted...
Because that's the poll everyone lies in....

In which case, they're probably lying in this one as well, so we're right back where we started.


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PoIl6177
07/23/18 9:52:15 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
PoIl6177 posted...
Because that's the poll everyone lies in....

In which case, they're probably lying in this one as well, so we're right back where we started.


They forget to lie in this one, because it's roundabout. Most of the site got tricked.
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CacciatoPart3
07/23/18 10:09:59 PM
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Zeus posted...
wwinterj25 posted...
It's no secret how old I am.


25?! No, wait, that account was made in 2006 so... 37?!

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Zeus
07/23/18 10:29:45 PM
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PoIl6177 posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
PoIl6177 posted...
Because that's the poll everyone lies in....

In which case, they're probably lying in this one as well, so we're right back where we started.


They forget to lie in this one, because it's roundabout. Most of the site got tricked.


Uh, no. Plus this poll doesn't really tell you shit anyway, for the reasons already explained. Doubly so because people might have stopped using some of their older emails. My brother's oldest active email is only a year old. Does that mean he's 14? Fuck no, he just stopped using his old email.

Anybody who lies about their age on polls normally is going to lie here and, even if somebody isn't lying (which is 99% of Gamefaqs), it ain't going to actually tell you how old they are.

CacciatoPart3 posted...

But it is a secret on how old Zeus is.


A well-kept secret I'll take to the grave... possibly long after most of you guys are dead.
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