What I Learned From Watching New York Times Live Polls

Self | October 13, 2018 | PJ-Comix

[Starboard]

I’m sure there are lots of people like yourself who do respond to pollsters. From a statistical viewpoint, that would make sense. However, I would bet that the majority of respondents are skewed toward the Takers.

Many people are preoccupied with other things or just don’t like answering a lot of questions from anyone. The same thing is basically true with respect to other types of polls. The response rate is typically very low.

[Starboard]

Does that thing really work? Do you have one?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I have one, and it works. If you hook it up in series with your phone the first ring does not go through. If it is a number you have blocked in the past, it hangs up on them. If it is a number that never called before it rings through on the second ring.

I have had it for almost two years now and have 709 numbers blocked. A couple of phone calls get blocked every day.

I have an Ooma too, but an older model than this one.

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You connect it to your router and a phone. I use it with Google Voice to make free long distance calls. I check calls that get blocked on my phone display and any calls I am unsure of I call back on the Ooma to make sure I am not blocking a number I didn’t mean to block. Sometimes I get an answer and it’s a scam company. Sometimes I get “This number is no longer in service,” meaning it was a spoofed number. I have never blocked a number I didn’t mean to block.

[Starboard]

Thanks for the info! Much appreciated.

[Fido969]

I don’t tell them anything.

I figure once they know how I really think, they be looking for a way to use that to scr#w me. Facebook does it with their advertising. Politician will do it with their polls information.