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02 May 2008 @ 10:00 am

Yep, I'm bringing back the random poll after a year or so off. Have at it...

Poll #1181443 Random Friday Poll
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Who gets your vote for President?

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Hillary Clinton
2 (5.9%)

Barack Obama
28 (82.4%)

John McCain
0 (0.0%)

other (leave in comments)
4 (11.8%)

Should Vanity Fair's photos of Miley Cyrus be a top news story?

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Yes, millions of kids and teenagers idolize her, so it's important news what she chooses to do
0 (0.0%)

Yes, because it brings up larger issues of sexuality in our culture
1 (3.0%)

Yes, because there's not a lot of other news going on these days
0 (0.0%)

No, it's ridiculously overexposed at this point
13 (39.4%)

No, what she and her family choose to do is their own damn business
6 (18.2%)

No, it should be a news story maybe, but certainly not a "top news"
6 (18.2%)

I don't know, who is Miley Cyrus?
7 (21.2%)

I'm not sure, I go back and forth
0 (0.0%)

Which is the better month?

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April
5 (14.7%)

May
9 (26.5%)

June
11 (32.4%)

July
4 (11.8%)

August
5 (14.7%)

Did you own roller skates as a kid?

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Yes
24 (70.6%)

No
8 (23.5%)

I still do own some
2 (5.9%)

Have you ever successfully finished a Rubik's Cube

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Yes
4 (11.8%)

No
21 (61.8%)

I've been sooooo close!
3 (8.8%)

I've never even tried
6 (17.6%)

That Will Smith character in that one movie? That's me.
0 (0.0%)

What's the most interesting thing you're doing this weekend?

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missbabyblue on May 2nd, 2008 05:40 pm (UTC)

1. I'm either writing in Ron Paul or my favorite history teacher. Seriously.

2. I voted for "who is..." even though I actually do know who Miley Cyrus is - it was just the closest I could get to "Had no clue there was a hubub, don't care."

3. July is summer enough to be awesome, but not sweltering like August. Plus, I love the 4th of July.

4. Fuck Rubik's Cubes.

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annagraham on May 2nd, 2008 06:23 pm (UTC)

April is the cruelest month.

My uncle used to be able to finish a Rubik's cube in something like under 30 seconds. He won a contest.

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outtajo on May 3rd, 2008 12:40 am (UTC)

The ridiculous media frenzy around the Miley photo is what brought the photo to the attention of her young fans. How many 6-12 year olds do you know that read Vanity Fair? :)

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capthek on May 6th, 2008 08:13 am (UTC)

Hey, if you ever want help maintaining your awesome obama community, just let me know.

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chad_etc on May 6th, 2008 09:15 pm (UTC)

I would LOVE to have some help with the community. I'm so swamped with life and work that I don't have the time to post as much or promote the community in general as much as I'd like to...so if you'd like to help out as a moderator, that'd be great. Just let me know!

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capthek on May 6th, 2008 09:50 pm (UTC)
sign me up

Sure thing, I am a co-mod over at Progressivism and political-econ if you wish to join them or just check them out.

I would like to be a moderator, but I will also get busy form time to time. Usually communities have more than one mod because it gets so buzy, but if there are ever any conflicts I will let you make any final decisions since you started the community.

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chad_etc on May 6th, 2008 11:39 pm (UTC)
Re: sign me up

Cool! So, one more question - how do I actually go about making you a moderator? Is there some place to do that in the community settings?

(Also, what's your email?)

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capthek on May 6th, 2008 11:53 pm (UTC)
Re: sign me up

My email is tyle0031 at umn.edu

What you do is you click on home from your top menu.

Then on the left there should be lots of stuff including something that says "communities" and you click on that, and not stuff below it.

A community management screen will come on. You click on "members". Here you will see the members, including me. You click on "maintainer" and be sure to click "Update settings" at the bottom of the screen.

Takes just a minute.

Then in the future we will both get emails about new members or posts and either of us can accept or deny them. It works out well with so much stuff going on to have more than one maintainer.

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chad_etc on May 7th, 2008 01:30 am (UTC)
Re: sign me up

Great, I'll take care of that tonight. And the only thing you'd have to do is approve posts...membership itself is open (for the time being any way).

And as long as it's not obscene or NSFW, I like to approve the posts (I think I've rejected like 2 ever).

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capthek on May 7th, 2008 01:37 am (UTC)
Re: sign me up

Sounds good.

Hey, this is way cool, if you do this ASAP I could jump in on this huge Obama night!

He is only behind in Indiana by 4% right now, and if it gets closer than that I think Hillary's backers will all defect. I mean, really, I am amazed, he might even win in Indiana if things keep going this way!!!

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capthek on May 8th, 2008 09:47 pm (UTC)
Re: sign me up

Hey man, just an update.

I was noticing I was not getting any posts from anybody, although I am now able to immediately post on the community. I also noticed that although I am now a maintainer I was not a moderator. I made myself a moderator because I think one of the main things you wanted help with was approving of posts. I hope this will allow me to help more, because it was either that or there is a big cue of posts that need to be either rejected or accepted, which I don't seem to have access to.

I will update you again if posts start coming through.

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capthek on May 8th, 2008 10:01 pm (UTC)
Re: sign me up

Yep, sorry to tell you this man but my wife tried to make a post on obamarama and she got this error message:

Error updating journal: Client error: Maximum queued posts for this community+poster combination reached.

Which is what I also got before you made me a maintainer. Until you get rid of these old posts, people will be unable to post unless you just open it up to all posts instead of moderated only.

This is actually a really good idea because you can just delete and/or ban bad apples. I have done this in my other communities but did not want to change the rules on you without your ok. I can do this for you if its ok with you, but I sadly can't access the que of people who already tried to post.

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