October 31, 2023

Hongkiat: 10 Best Tools to Create Online Quizzes and Polls

Hongkiat: 10 Best Tools to Create Online Quizzes and Polls. “Online quizzes and polls serve a variety of purposes. They can engage your audience, gather opinions, and collect valuable data to enhance your business operations. A plethora of free tools exists online to help you design these interactive elements effortlessly. These tools offer a wide range of features, from basic to advanced. In this article, we’ll explore ten excellent tools for creating online quizzes and polls. These tools can be integrated into your website or used in your content marketing strategies.”

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December 29, 2022

Bloomberg: Musk’s Frequent Twitter Polls Are at Risk of Bot Manipulation

Bloomberg: Musk’s Frequent Twitter Polls Are at Risk of Bot Manipulation. “New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk has outsourced several controversial decisions — like whether to reinstate former US President Donald Trump’s account, and if he should leave the Twitter CEO job — to public polling on the network, saying he intends to follow the will of the people. But the results of such surveys can be easily gamed by bots, according to new research.”

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December 2, 2022

Musk’s Beloved Twitter Polls Are Bot-Driven Bullsh!t, Ex-Employees Say (Rolling Stone)

Rolling Stone: Musk’s Beloved Twitter Polls Are Bot-Driven Bullsh!t, Ex-Employees Say. “Musk’s claims of recent user growth may be flawed for the same bot-plagued reasons, former staffers say. Under his leadership, Twitter recently told advertisers that monetizable daily active users have grown 20 percent and Musk himself tweeted that ‘Twitter usage is at an all-time high.’ But it’s not clear how much of that claimed growth is authentic. ”

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January 22, 2022

CNET: Number and cost of cyberattacks continue to grow, new survey says

CNET: Number and cost of cyberattacks continue to grow, new survey says. “The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped cybercriminals. The number of cyberattacks against companies around the world rose 15% over the past three years, according to a new survey. Additionally, 87% of those surveyed in cybersecurity company Anomali’s poll of cybersecurity decision makers said their company had experienced a cyberattack in the past three years that resulted in damage, disruption or a data breach.”

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October 26, 2021

Cornell Chronicle: Roper Center launches Health Poll Database

Cornell Chronicle: Roper Center launches Health Poll Database. “Supported by funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the new database offers the public unprecedented access to questions and results from more than 85 years of U.S. national polls on health-related topics. This new resource promotes an understanding of public opinion on a broad range of health issues.”

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May 12, 2021

MakeUseOf: How to Create a Poll on Facebook (in Pages, Groups, and Stories)

MakeUseOf: How to Create a Poll on Facebook (in Pages, Groups, and Stories) . “Facebook allows you to post polls to help you collect opinions from your Pages, Groups, and Stories’ followers. It’s easy to add a poll with your specific question to any of your Facebook properties. In this guide, we’ll show you how to create a poll on Facebook—specifically for posts on Pages, in Groups, and on your Stories.”

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October 24, 2020

Microsoft: Survey or quiz your friends and family with Microsoft Forms, now available for personal use

Microsoft: Survey or quiz your friends and family with Microsoft Forms, now available for personal use. “Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of Microsoft Forms for personal use. Forms enables you to create a survey or quiz on any topic and works on any device via the web and the Office mobile app– making it easy to capture the information you need anywhere, anytime.”

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September 20, 2020

Make Tech Easier: 3 Awesome Sites to Create an Online Poll for Free

Make Tech Easier: 3 Awesome Sites to Create an Online Poll for Free. “If you want to gauge the opinions of a group of people quickly, a poll is an easy way to do it. Just create the ballot and send it to everyone interested to see what they think. However, there are many poll services online, so which one is the best for you? We compiled this list of the best sites to create a free online poll.”

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July 5, 2020

Hongkiat: 10 Best WordPress Plugins to Create Forms, Polls & Surveys

Hongkiat: 10 Best WordPress Plugins to Create Forms, Polls & Surveys. “It is a well-known fact that one of the best ways to engage users on your website and gather significant user insights, is through polls, forms and surveys. For websites built on the WordPress platform, there is an abundance of free plugins you can take advantage of. However, to save you from the tiring effort of searching the best WordPress plugins for polls and surveys, I have gathered here some of the top choices I’ve come to know, use and experience.”

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April 26, 2020

What Librarians Are Doing to Support Students and Teachers in the Shutdown | SLJ COVID-19 Survey (School Library Journal)

School Library Journal: What Librarians Are Doing to Support Students and Teachers in the Shutdown | SLJ COVID-19 Survey. “School Library Journal’s School COVID-19 Response Survey queried K-12 librarians from April 2 to April 12 about their experience. More than 1,000 librarians responded, providing information about preparedness for remote learning; how librarians are supporting students and teachers, and more. Topics included services they have provided staff and students, school schedules and curriculum, plans for returned library books when schools reopen, and the pandemic’s possible impact on future purchasing.”

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November 28, 2019

Poynter: Poll results are about to flood news feeds across the United States. Here’s what voters should look for when reading them.

Poynter: Poll results are about to flood news feeds across the United States. Here’s what voters should look for when reading them.. “As the 2020 election pushes ahead, voters will be seeing poll results in their news feed — lots of them. But not all polls are created equal, and it can be hard to put the results into the proper context. PolitiFact participated in a workshop hosted by the Poynter Institute (which owns PolitiFact) on understanding election polling. Here are some suggestions about what voters should pay attention to when reading polls.”

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November 4, 2018

Ontario Council of University Libraries: Ontario University Libraries openly release over seven decades of historical public opinion polls and guide

Thanks to Paul P. for this heads-up from Ontario Council of University Libraries: Ontario University Libraries openly release over seven decades of historical public opinion polls and guide. “In advancement of library open access and collaborative stewardship of digital data in Canada, Ontario university libraries are pleased to announce the release of over seven decades of important public opinion data to the broader academic community and the public.”

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