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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Paul, are the Moderators able to see the names of the voters when the poll itself does not disclose them?
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The ordinary moderators (like me) are not able to do so. But clearly some record is kept of who has voted in the poll, so that you cannot vote twice. And even if the names for individual votes aren't recorded, checking logs would be sufficient for the owner to be able to work out who voted for what. But it's certainly anonymous for anyone except the owner, i.e. Alexander Turcic.
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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
It is off topic so I won't add any more except to suggest that if people want to pursue the subject of anonymity perhaps remove it from this thread by starting another, then point me to it via a PM and I will try to help that thread along by explaining how it was proven in another very large international forum, aimed at participants in another recreational pastime, how easy it is to break presumed anonymity and how the breaking of anonymity had led to the abuse of "victims" in their private life.
Now I have to decide what book in each decade to vote for - thanks pdurrant. But I see many are still pushing for its being public so I may hold off doing so for a while.
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An excellent suggestion. I will add one last comment, that once a poll has been made anonymous, it's not possible for the moderators to turn off the anonymity. So once a poll is anonymous, that's not going to change.
[EDIT: Discussion moved to its own thread. Feel free to continue.]