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Why don't you like 'who's prettier' questions?

Context: I've seen a lot of people say that they don't like or don't care for the 'who's prettier' questions. I've been wondering why. Personally I never had an issue with them; they aren't the best, imo but they aren't the worst either. I'll ask one every now and again. I just feel like they (like everything) should be done in moderation.
So I was wondering what about them you didn't like?
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I actually love them.
SilentForce posted over a year ago
 zanhar1 posted over a year ago
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TheLefteris24 said:
Well, I am in a similar boat as you, to be honest. Can't say that I dislike them. Just that they are not my cup of tea most of the time. There are some cases where my interest has been piqued as well though. The thing that might have annoyed me a little bit is the frequency of these type of Questions and their number when comparing them to other kinds of posts, making the ''Random'' Club look more like the ''Beauty Contest'' Club. There are also times where the same kind of question is being asked over and over again just to reach the same outcome. A few arguments have also been sparked over that fact. Then again, it is still Random and anyone can post whatever they feel strongly about. It is understandable. I guess, in the end, my desire to see more variety in the Club plays a key role in this. Just me !!!!
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posted over a year ago 
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I think that, that was where I got annoyed; when they started going crazy with them. I'm with you on the variety thing.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
Mauserfan1910 said:
Because ALL women are beautiful, mysogenist!111
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Riku114 said:
I mostly dont like them that much because I usually dont really know them and dont really care for them, yet they are some of the most overdone and seen type of polls around Fanpop - specifically Random.

Its kind of annoying, but to be honest, I dont care too much about them as long as it isnt a way to go "OH THIS PERSON IS SOOOO UGGLLY AND SO AND SO IS SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER PERSON SUCCKSSS"

For the most part I dont care. Sometimes I participate but I think its just a little over saturated
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posted over a year ago 
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^ !!!!
TheLefteris24 posted over a year ago
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I think now that a certain someone is gone these kinds of polls won't be used to call one person ugly anymore.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
Rihanna312 said:
What I dislike about them is when somebody makes a poll like that just to put somebody down and praise the other choice. And then makes 10+ troll acc just to make their favorite be in the lead which disproves the point of whole poll.
There are some people who don`t know what 'respect different opinions' mean.
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posted over a year ago 
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Exactly
BlindBandit92 posted over a year ago
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That's what I don't care for. But on principal I don't mind the polls themselves. And my God, that Miku vs Belle spam was just hella annoying.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
BlindBandit92 said:
Tbh I am the middle. Like you I feel like they should be asked in moderation BUT a few of people on this site actively seek to beat people down for their choices. Not to mention sometimes it's laced with biases.If the aforementioned issues aren't there. It's fine to ask in moderation.
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posted over a year ago 
wantadog said:
I don't hate em or anything. There are just ALOT of them and it's not really something I am the type to join in and take part in so from the perspective of outside looking in, it just appears to me like Random is covered in polls I have no opinions on. Kinda like what Riku said about it being oversaturated
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ArcticWolf said:
I don't mind them with fictional characters, and I actually like them with the Symphonic Metal vocalists because some users who didn't know them previously may be introduced to their beautiful voices through those polls.

In general, though, the "who's prettier" questions are just about comparing random celebrities I don't care for to each other, but it doesn't piss me off or anything. What does piss me off is when a certain male user who claims to preach gender equality makes a completely biased poll to praise one woman while putting down another. Newsflash: If you call women you dislike ugly, as if their looks had anything to do with their competence/incompetence, then you're just being shallow.

I'm not saying the polls are bad (except the biased ones); people are allowed to create polls about anything they want. There's just nothing in it for me.
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posted over a year ago 
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That's one of the reasons I could like them; the ability to introduce singers to new audiences. But yeah if we have the same user in mind, he's gone.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
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^Yeah, I was really surprised when I found out he left since he's been here for so long.
ArcticWolf posted over a year ago
Heartbeat- said:
I don't mind it. I just hate how some people lose their shit over it lmao
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Zeppie said:
Because they're overposted and the same people keep showing up. It's not the poll idea itself necessarily but more so the repetitiveness of them.
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posted over a year ago 
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In addition they're quite shallow and rude in the comments too.
Zeppie posted over a year ago
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Yeah the options are reptitive too. If options were more varied theyd be cool but really theres usualky the same like... 10 people
Riku114 posted over a year ago
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That's what I aim for when making them; variety. But I can see how the repetitiveness would get annoying.
zanhar1 posted over a year ago
8theGreat said:
I'm pretty neutral to them tbh? Its not a topic I'm very interested in discussing most of the time, and usually neither of the people are really to my taste so they look kind of same-y to me anyway.
Plus it seems like when one's been posted, like 30 more pop up pretty soon after and the comments on them always seem to inevitably devolve into squabble. But that's not really a problem with the polls themselves.

I also don't really like rating people too much on their beauty? Not that I dont like to admire atractive people, but comparing one definitely photoshopped stranger's face to another feels weird.

I dont really have too much of a problem with them tho.
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posted over a year ago 
Sparklefairy375 said:
I don't dislike that kind of question, but I think that question was overdone, and also beauty is subjective for me so I feel like it was a bit unfair to compare anyone's beauty to others.
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posted over a year ago 
ace2000 said:
heh - I was asking a lot of those questions when I was super active on Fanpop

But I'm not on here as often (drowning in work) so
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posted over a year ago 
EgoMouse said:
Because they're spammed and make up like 80% of the polls activity or something and I'm sick of looking at them and I refuse to pick any option. I don't know these people.
They're all pretty much titled the same too. There's barely any variety. They could duplicate the poll and I bet most wouldn't even notice.
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