Poll: An exploration into poll psychology

[Condor219]

It won't just be place on the list.
You can see how many posts there were in certain groups already, and that can effect the choice.

It seems that most posts were made about choosing option 3, and you would think that would have a negative impact on that option, right? Surprisingly not.

No I think it would have had a positive impact on it, more people would choose it because more people had already done it.

Guess it's a matter between follow the leader/be an individual, then. Though given the results, I'd say neither would have made as much of an impact on the poll as to skew the results as far as it has towards 3.

 

[baconsarnie]

If there were six options then: http://xkcd.com/221/
Given options that appear the same then people will tend to go for the middle ground, in this case 2 or 3 i reckon.

 

[tehweave]

WHAT. THREE? I PICKED 3? DAMN.

Apparently I'm as common as everyone else.

 

[x-machina]

Well aren't I the predictable sheep, I picked number 3 before reading any responses

 

[anihilato]

"I pick number 3"
"You don't want to read them first?"
"I was elected to lead, not to read. Number 3!"

 

[Amphoteric]

Well I picked the third one because i thought just before I pressed the button.

"3 is the most awesome"

 

[FinalHeart95]

...wow. I guess all of those year of "JUST CHOOSE C" on tests really shows here.

 

[drisky]

I predicted 3 and I was right, I also picked 1. But yeah when guess at random I've observed people pick the 3rd option most of the time. The reason I picked one is because I knew it would be low and I try to hard to be different.

 

[Jedoro]

One, because I don't really mind being alone on something when it's my choice.