Are ProZ polls anonymous?
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Zea_Mays
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Jun 26, 2024

Just this question. Privacy is not a joke.

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Baran Keki
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Probably not Jun 26, 2024

when the person suggesting the poll and wishing to remain anonymous starts clicking on the agree button on every post..

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Zea_Mays
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... Jun 26, 2024

Baran Keki wrote:

when the person suggesting the poll and wishing to remain anonymous starts clicking on the agree button on every post..

That's true, they can easily be spotted.
I'm more wondering if when voting in a poll let's say on your income, ProZ staff can see what you have selected.


Baran Keki
 
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@ProZ Jun 26, 2024

Would you like to share the answer with us?

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Lucia Leszinsky
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Quick polls, votes and privacy Jun 26, 2024

Hello everyone,

When suggesting a poll, a member may choose to be credited for the poll by name and link to their profile, or to not be credited for the poll, in which case the poll will be "anonymous".

Regarding poll answers and answerers, these get recorded in the database (so that the poll service can tell whether you've voted or not, and allows you to do so when you haven't yet), but not disclosed publicly to site users, or even looked at by site staff --we have to
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Hello everyone,

When suggesting a poll, a member may choose to be credited for the poll by name and link to their profile, or to not be credited for the poll, in which case the poll will be "anonymous".

Regarding poll answers and answerers, these get recorded in the database (so that the poll service can tell whether you've voted or not, and allows you to do so when you haven't yet), but not disclosed publicly to site users, or even looked at by site staff --we have too many other things to do!

Lucia
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Zea_Mays
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so the answer is no Jun 27, 2024

Surely there are ways to make the polls anonymous with modern tools that could be easily implemented.
Until then, I will no longer vote in polls that ask for personal information.


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Stepan Konev
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Anonymous Internet? Are you serious? Jun 27, 2024

This is the last thing you may worry about. There are dozens of polls every week... Do you really think they track every answer? Why? Oh no, now they know I use MT lol.

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