2015 Reader Top 30

polling booth

So, I’ve gone through our archives and found that Matt ran the Reader Top 30 last year.  I’ve gone through the files and think I’ve figured out how to run a poll.  If you want me to moderate a poll this year, let me know in the survey below.  I propose two modifications.

First, I want to start a little earlier.  Last year the poll ran into the first few days of spring training.  I will be covering spring training and would like to finish the poll articles before it starts.  I also need to work around my schedule in December and January.  A convenient start time for me would be sometime in the next three weeks.

Second, I would like to propose that you submit a personal Top 30 early in the polling process.  I‘m curious how a weighted vote would compare to the day by day survey (30 points for #1, 29 for #2, … 1 for #30).  I’ll set up an e-mail account to receive those submissions.  I would hope to get enough submissions to make a comparison between the two processes relevant.

So, please cast a vote below.  This will also be a nice test to see if I can set up a poll correctly.  (As you can see above, I have figured out how to insert a picture.)  This poll will be active for one week.

3 thoughts on “2015 Reader Top 30

  1. Jim,
    Just a caution.
    A few years ago some posters would vote multiple times , usually in the dead-of-night and skew the count.
    Matt set up a system to prevent that last year.
    You may want to touch base with Matt on how he did that.

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    1. Thank you, Romus. I remember that this was a concern last year, and that Matt mitigated it as well as he could. I’ve experimented with the polling sofware the past couple days and I think I can duplicate Matt’s efforts.

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