The Toluna UK Official Blog

This is just one of the topics we would like to hear your opinion about:

• eddiet1 brings up a very sensitive and current issue, Gurkas serving in the British Military and the treatment they receive from the British Government.
• elliebee asks a very good question: should 4X4 owners be required to take a different driving test?
• sgair wants to know what you think about the Iraqi who threw a shoe at former President Bush receiving 3 years of jail time.
• On a lighter note, mz_kazz is having a hard time dealing with some of the silly calls people make to emergency services…

See you on the site,

Avner & the Toluna Team

As many of you have noticed, Toluna has been suffering from some speed related issues over the past few days. We have already completed the first round of maintenance to our servers and are working hard to complete the process and resolve these issues as quickly as possible and with minimum down time; thank you for your patience and understanding.

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Avner & the Toluna Team

Here are a few more interesting topics that have recently caught our attention:

• extreme_chocoholic has raised an age old issue; what is the definition of art? Or to use his words, are some artists mocking us?
• Lesley3711, who apparently owns an impressive collection of old books, would like to know what’s the oldest thing you own?
• sgair seems to have picked up on the current state of affairs and would like to know, have you ever taken part in a political march?
• zizi501216 is outraged by the fact that Sir David Attenborough has received hate mail from viewers for not crediting God in his nature programmes. What do you think?

See you on the site,

Avner & the Toluna Team

There have been several complaints lately from Toluna members who have come across cheaters on the site. Cheaters are usually members who create several accounts, then post the same opinions over and over again on topics created by them using one of their many accounts. These members are usually easy to spot, since their topics seem to get an unusually high number of opinions; if you take a closer look you will usually find the same opinions, posted by the same fake members, often with no relevance to the actual topic.

This is of course a major concern to us, as this kind of cheating has a very negative effect on the quality of the site’s content and our members’ user experience. We encourage you to report any suspected cheating by clicking here; please rest assured that we will take an in depth look at every case before any action is taken.

See you on the site,

Avner & the Toluna Team