this is a public poll

in order to ensure this poll does not turn out to be dull I have decided to make the results public

I noticed on another thread where someone wrote he was put off by some posters and rarely posted

I find this to be sad

what say you?

Is this a scientific poll...or can the regulars cock it up by voting that obnoxious posters discourage them?

Certainly not scientific

I am appealing to posters being honest and forthright if that is not asking too much?

The more obnoxious the more entertaining.

I tend to agree but some here may still be put off

we can't all have thick skins

Once more, a new category is needed:

Do obnoxious pollsters put you off from voting?

Thankfully.

What about a poll to decide whether or not passive/aggressive threads about other threads are worth posting in. I'd vote yes as they can be quite funny.

You haven't voted in this thread yet.

I don't vote in polls.

I would like to vote but I've been put off voting on anything publicly..

Yes.

Come on Sally...cast your vote...I know you're a delicate flower like myself.

One poster got under my skin but nowadays I find it funny

I quite like posters who come on for all sorts of reasons (travelling parrots, adoration for an immigration advisor etc) and then get the pip because nobody agrees with them, but I get a bit cross when posters come on to deliberately get up everybody else's nose. It isn't necessesary and there are quite enough everyday boring irritations in the world already.