I've become pretty skeptical about Rotten Tomatoes rating system

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3. Funny. I agree w/ you re. the movie rating service. As a matter of fact, I view all rating ...

services (politicians, books, food critics, you name it, etc. the same), you don't rely at all on what others tell you since they don't have your personal experiences, knowledge level, etc. in mind when they rate stuff.

Polls for example on DU. I swear there must be a new poll every single day and sometimes multiple polls. Why so many I wonder? When I see a poll, especially when so far out from when primaries are scheduled, I wonder immediately as to the true rationale and motivation of those publishing poll results. It's to the point that I don't trust any polls what-so-ever since I think those pushing the release of poll results have some hidden agenda or motivation in mind (which they generally don't reveal to others). This immediately raises issues in my mind as to the true agenda of those publishing poll results, and worse, they've ruined the validity of any future polls (participating in or analyzing them), because they are so many of them. Maybe they'll reconsider in the future the value of publishing polls, but I doubt that they'll stop.

Perhaps DU needs to have a central point to consolidate the publishing of polls and / or results, which would take away any 'hidden' agenda or purposes, when someone publishes a poll. But, IMHO, I could care less if I see any polls for the next six months or so.