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Re:Social polling startup hosts Presidential debate on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @06:44PM (#3354293)
That out to be good for media attention.
Re:Steve's Google Platform rant on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @05:45PM (#3104769)
Well, I don't know if it's a pathetic after thought (Okrut, anyone?). But it's definitely a "me too" kind of a product. One that still needs to appeal to a wider base.

POLL: Is Google+ little more than a pathetic afterthought? Vote: http://www.wepolls.com/p/3740179

A question about down-voting comments...

The web developer at my company is against having down-voting on comments after we spent days writing the code because people are using it to express disagreement over statements, and thinks that'll lead to users leaving the site who don't use the product.I completely disagree.The argument is that if a liberal posts a comment on a poll on a day when a lot of conservatives use the site, and the...

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Re:What will be the impact of Rob Malda leaving Slashdot? on Thursday August 25, 2011 @06:51PM (#2926712)
Although hacker News and Reddit are killing it.
Re:What will be the impact of Rob Malda leaving Slashdot? on Thursday August 25, 2011 @06:51PM (#2926711)
I am really looking foward to seeing what he does next, and I think Slashdot is in good hands.
Re:What's the best spreadsheet program? on Monday August 01, 2011 @03:33PM (#2833988)
I've only used Excel and Google, but I need to make a "more informed" purchase at my job. What other products should I be considering?

Will the closing of Google Labs kill innovation?

http://www.wepolls.com/p/1530479/Will-the-closing-of-Google-Labs-kill-innovation-at-the-company

I thought they were supposed to have "20 percent" of time dedicated to innovation. I love Google, but closing down the womb that birthed Maps, and Docs, and crap I use every single day sends a bad sign, at least it does to me.

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Re:Lulzsec/gn0sis/AnonOps dox'd on Sunday June 26, 2011 @03:05AM (#2697598)
Law enforcement doesn't need warrants for that. The companies will hand them over willingly.
Re:LulzSec releases trove of AZ law enforcement documents on Thursday June 23, 2011 @11:39PM (#2690896)
As long as no one gets hurt.
kgermino,

I use Wepolls too. The benefit of the social polling on Wepolls is they can be shared anywhere, and also people on their network vote on them.

But I voted yes.

no way