Naturepoll #4
Which place has the coolest plants
- New Guinea Montane Forests
- Cape Region, South Africa
- East African Alpine
- Madagascar Spiny Forest
- North American Bogs
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I canāt vote, as, on your list of global options, Iāve only been to North American bogs.
I do enjoy the carnivorous plants that you find in those nutrient-poor environments.
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But you must have read about or seen pictures of the other vegetation types?
Are we limited to only the options presented? They feel slightly tilted in favor of those who have familiarity with African plants (and @DianaStuder would very much like them to please step forward and start identifying immediately).
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Iāve never been to Africa, but I think Iām biased towards some African vegetation types.
Huh?
This is not at all what I asked, which was:
Also, I just went to peek at your iNaturalist profile, which is something I like to do to associate people on the Forums with the iNat site, and I could not find it. I wonder if you changed your username?
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Oh yes my username is now localnaturespotter.
I guess you can answer another vegetation type if you want, but I would appreciate if you picked your fave out of the options presented, as Iāll be doing more polls in the future and you can recommend a location.
whatās the point of these polls? how / why are you formulating these particular questions with these particular choices?
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Itās just for fun.
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I live in the āCape regionā which splits down to Northern Cape (West Coast and bordering the Namib Desert - lots of rare and sadly poached succulents) Eastern Cape (has more rain and sweeps up to Drakensberg) and my Western Cape. With includes the mediterranean fynbos (one of the worldās 6 floral kingdoms) climate I live in. And then right down to my Cape Peninsula endemics.
So - which bit are you thinking of?
I had not heard of your other choices.
Since you are based in New Zealand - you already have cool plants to explore.
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As of now you have had 43 looks and 6 votes.
Not too much interest.
It seems thereās a new group of young users that want the forum to be more fun and games than discussion.
These polls for popularity and chit chat seem to need a causal conversation corner of their own. Arenāt there other chat groups available?
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https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unofficial-inat-discord-server/904. there are others, too, for more particular interests.
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Sounds like itās a great place for these āpollsā!
@AdamWargon kindly made a video about joining one of the special interests groups on the iNat Discord. You can read this thread from here, I think, to see images and links.
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I donāt understand the title of this topic? The original post is one poll but the title of the topic is āNaturepoll: Pollsā which doesnāt make sense to me. I also donāt understand what the purpose of the poll is, why itās limited to certain areas, and any other context for it.
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Part of the reason it was named that was because it required at least 15 letters. Iām new to the forum and if this isnāt what the forum is for, I wonāt make any more polls.
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This poll, or one like it, was for some reason merged with the birding thread, even though it was about plants. Presumably, because this user had previously posted a series of polls about birds. I just hope that not every bird-related discussion from now on gets merged into that one thread, because that would make it really unwieldy and hard to follow.
Polls are allowed in principle (obviously, because the functionality exists). However, the forums are meant for discussion; most polls I have seen have been in the context of a specific discussion or to seek information about a topic.
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A poll is fine but a poll should have a goal - what are you trying to understand? And you should communicate that goal and explain why youāre asking your question and what you hope the poll will help answer.
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