whats the point of voting for a website?
78567
If it's legit, voting for a website may help the website, advertisers, and the voting system know how many people enjoy that website.\n\nFor instance, if a poll is being run by CompuRag - the world famous (fictitious!) computer magazine (which gives out awards every year in their equally famous [fictitious] "Best Of Last Year" issue) you can probably guess that they just want users opinions on which sites they visit, who'se the best, etc...\n\n(Assuming that our fictitious magazine is legit, they may give out an award which the website will proudly present, though the website may also put that award to use by bumping up their advertising charges for the next year - still, worthy, and legit.)\n\nIF, on the other hand, a company like e-Spam (equally fictitious as the earlier mentioned CompuRag) is NOT a legit company (or merely posing as one,) the moment you click on the link, you may be deluged with pop-ups. What's worse, is they may take you to a seemingly-legit polling site, ask you a few questions about the website that you like, then ask for your e-mail address, (Anonymous Indeed!) which they'll use to spam you 'till the cows come home.\n\nOf course, the more awards a website can garner, the better off it is. (The more money they'll receive from SOMEone... either a legit company via click-throughs, {and having an award says "we get x-thousand visitors a day, etc..." means there might be more / better targeted advertising...} or via illegitimate means - both "help" their website.)\n\nSo, if you want to help out your favorite website, go ahead! It's not likely a legit website will resort to pulling a fast one like agreeing to be polled for by a company that wants to sign you up for spam! (Hey! Even if they are, just don't give your e-mail address!) Other than that, turn on your pop-up blocker, click there, and see what happens! If you recognize the pollster, you may well be doing your favorite website a favor!\n\nGood Luck!
652273
If you don't like the site, why are you using it?
43437
It's a policy that Yahoo just implemented to help prevent the abuse of asking stupid questions.  You may have noticed the question spam on the site and Yahoo is trying to get rid of some of this.  You get your points back though after at least 24 hours when you select a best answer or put the questions to a vote.  I personally like it!
777316
When you set up a site that encourages childish behavior (thumbs up, thumbs down, report abuse), you are guaranteed to see childish behavior.\n\nI'm pretty sure it crosses all party lines and might not even be politically motivated at all.
303957
Yes it is a public vote, the person who tells them what the votes are is just a representative from that country. It goes all around to each represented country, they take the scores from each one and add them together, it normally ends up with 'Norway nil points'. Although I believe Great Britain got 'nil points' last time.
969902
Interesting question.  Although voting is a right that should be enjoyed by every American citizen, it is also a responsibility.  In it's purest sense, voting carries with it a responsibility of the voting public to make decisions based on what the consensus believes to be in the best interest of society as a whole, rather than voting for who is most popular or whatever issue ensures the most benefits for the individual voter.  This might mean that you vote yourself higher taxes in order to improve road conditions or education, or it might mean you elect someone you don't personally like, who might be ugly, annoying, brash, or smell bad but whose policies would benefit the region more than any other.\n\nPeople who vote without understanding the issues can actually harm everyone else by voting for candidates or issues that might not be in the best interests of the populace.  If you don't know who you're voting for -- what they stand for, what they promise to accomplish, what kind of record they have -- you don't know if you're even voting for someone who is qualified for the job.  If you don't have any understanding of the issues behind a referendum on the ballot, you might vote for something ultimately harmful, or vote down something that might have done someone some good.  It's my belief that you shouldn't vote unless you go to the minimal effort of at least reading the voter's pamphlet to get the bare basics of the pros and cons of each decision.  Everyone who is eligible to vote should definitely get out and vote, but only after each person has done the homework necessary to make an educated, INFORMED choice.
841445
I haven't heard about this specifically, but in theory, I agree- it would just bring in uninformed voters. We need voters who have opinions that need to be heard; the payoff of voting is having someone in office to do the job correctly and get things done, what's a better incentive to vote than that?
888968
We get a black marker and get to connect the arrows (makes you feel like you're back in kindergarten!).  A good question to ask is why do we have so many different ways to vote in the U.S..?  Wouldn't it make sense if we all followed the same process?  And wouldn't it be great if we could all vote via the internet or telephone?  (Surely they can make this a secure system!)   Anyway... thanks for voting!
694824
EXCELLENT QUESTION.I was wondering about the huge computer  vs paper ballot vote this election.Sounds like another election scam in the making
1071555
Because too many things can go wrong. Technical difficulties, hackers, viruses, spyware; all of these things that affect normal online activities would become another factor in what's wrong with the voting system. Voting in person and allowing someone to count it by hand/machine/whatever is really the safest way to make sure no one tampers with your vote; the only thing you have to worry about is human error.
524163
What relevance does people's beliefs have when it comes to using this site?
1141181
The points are for nothing more than braggin rights.  The levels allow you more asking, answering, voting and rating the higher you go.  It is just for fun and to help people if you have the knowledge or know where to find it.
67265
Points are the incentive for people to answer questions, rate and vote, basically to participate. You can see the points you have on the top (where it says "Hello ---- | Points: ---"\n\nAfter you reach certain numbers of points, the amount of stuff you can do on the site increases (you can ask more, answer more, vote more, rate more)
467490
that would depend on what you want from the website. are you looking to read news, play games, find a date, learn a foreign language or get a good recipe. your question is too random.
75455
If you mean vote for people here on this site, you can't.  You can only vote for answers.
495422
Maybe you are happy with the way things are run, so you see no reason to vote.  But maybe you don't know yet how the government affects you.  Once you do, you may want to vote, or maybe you will think that your vote is powerless to change the system.  It is good that you are at least asking the question.
702091
It may be keeping track of who voted.  Are you logging in as a different user and attempting to vote?