This week's fun poll was suggested by VawX. You leave your house for something (school, supermarket, hang out with friends, etc), so what are you most likely to forget to bring?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: You read a series that you'd rate as below average or fairly poor. Do you give the author another chance with a different series?
Choices:
No way. First impressions matter, and they did not impress - votes: 89 (2.6%)
Unlikely, but it's possible they changed a lot for the better - votes: 1479 (43.6%)
Likely. I'm sure they'll learn from their mistakes - votes: 905 (26.7%)
Yes, I believe in second chances! - votes: 918 (27.1%)
There were 3391 total votes.
The poll ended: July 13th 2019

It's actually a pretty even split between yes/no (if there were only 2 choices instead of 4)

This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. Let's say an author's debuting work wasn't that great. Would you give him another shot and read his next series?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: A character has an unknown gender (i.e., no gender-specific pronouns used, can't tell from appearance, or character has only been mentioned but not seen yet). What pronouns should a translator use?
Choices:
They/Them - votes: 2760 (73.9%)
It - votes: 417 (11.2%)
She/Her - votes: 46 (1.2%)
He/Him - votes: 512 (13.7%)
There were 3735 total votes.
The poll ended: July 6th 2019

This week's poll was suggested by Nekomikoto. It deals with scanlator woes and how to translate a character with an unknown gender. Doesn't really apply here, but when addressing a group, I always say "you guys" even if the majority is female.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you like reading standalone oneshots at the end of the volume that are unrelated to the main series (i.e., different characters)?
Choices:
No - votes: 1218 (42.1%)
Yes - votes: 1675 (57.9%)
There were 2893 total votes.
The poll ended: June 29th 2019

Almost down the middle. And to all the complainers, I purposely didn't put a "I don't care" option

This week's poll was suggested by juliarox214. You know how some series have a oneshot at the end of the volume that are totally unrelated to the main series itself? They might have unique characters, or it's just a previously published oneshot that they're packaging in this volume. What's your feeling about those?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Humanity and/or the world is about to end. What is the cause?
Choices:
Rogue AI, robots, or other technological rampancy - votes: 144 (3.9%)
Global warming - votes: 752 (20.4%)
Zombies - votes: 74 (2%)
Alien or monster invasion - votes: 47 (1.3%)
Super virus, bacteria, or illness - votes: 302 (8.2%)
Eruption of super volcano - votes: 90 (2.4%)
Planet, moon, or meteor collides with Earth - votes: 101 (2.7%)
Nuclear war (i.e., we all kill each other) - votes: 900 (24.4%)
Black hole near Earth, Sun blows up, giant solar flare, or gamma-ray burst - votes: 128 (3.5%)
God - votes: 259 (7%)
Lack of resources or ecological disaster - votes: 810 (22%)
Intelligent animals - votes: 77 (2.1%)
There were 3684 total votes.
The poll ended: June 22nd 2019

I just finished watching the HBO Chernobyl show. If they hadn't gotten the divers to open the sluice gates to pump out the water, that would've been crazy...

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. How does the world end? You choose!

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Question: Preferred location of a translator note
Choices:
Left margin of the page - votes: 36 (1.3%)
Right margin of the page - votes: 27 (1%)
Bottom of the page - votes: 451 (15.9%)
Top of the page - votes: 47 (1.7%)
In the space above the referenced panel - votes: 181 (6.4%)
In the space below the referenced panel - votes: 1000 (35.3%)
On a separate page directly after the referenced page - votes: 20 (0.7%)
At the beginning of the chapter - votes: 54 (1.9%)
At the end of the chapter - votes: 400 (14.1%)
No preference - votes: 616 (21.8%)
There were 2832 total votes.
The poll ended: June 15th 2019

Scanlators, take note

This week's straightforward poll was suggested by Nekomikoto. Just read the poll to the left. It's pretty self-explanatory

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion on webcomics
Choices:
Have never read any - votes: 159 (4.7%)
They're better than manga! - votes: 180 (5.3%)
Like them in general - votes: 2262 (66.2%)
Don't like them in general - votes: 433 (12.7%)
No opinion - votes: 383 (11.2%)
There were 3417 total votes.
The poll ended: June 8th 2019

Compared to the poll from 2011, a lot more people have read webcomics and more people like them.