Friday, July 21, 2017
Fat-finger on Twitter polls
?Assuming the results of this poll is valid, the fat-finger option would seem to be a necessity in non-close races.
In this poll, it was 75-12, with a 13% fat-finger. Assuming the fat-finger breaks proportionately to 75-12, we can discard the 13%, and assume the breakdown is 86-14.
HOWEVER, without a fat-finger option, this is what would happen: 13% of the 86 would vote the other way. And 13% of the 14 would vote the other way. The final SELECTIONS would therefore break as: 77-23. Even though the INTENDED selections would be 86-14.
I know this is kind of a goofy little poll, but think of the implications in terms of "hanging chads". Electronic-elections can rest on fat-finger.
My phone is fairly sensitive, so that I don't even have to touch the screen, I just need to hover close enough. So it's possible that on your way to a selection, you end up clicking something you didn't even click.
I'd love to see research in this area.
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