- Hylebos
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It really depends on what topic you're writing about in the end, same as any other thread. A controvercial poll will generate the same ammount of discussion as a controvercial topic, so writing a good OP is always important. I can definitely see how it could hurt though, but perhaps you're just seeing the effects of the lurkers who would otherwise not have responded to your thread anyways.
Personally, I feel that polls as they exist now could use a ton of revamping. A poll should be a tag, not a thread type, just like bolded, italic, and underlined words. This would allow the user to place polls anywhere in their thread, not just at the top, which is good because sometimes you want people to read prior to voting, or you could have them vote on specific sections of your thread, or you could have multiple polls for your thread.
Not to mention, this tag based poll should be designed in a way so that our only restriction on possible options is the number of characters we have to work with. It's not like generating the percentiles is anything more complex than simple division, and if a person fills a thread with hundreds of poll options, how is that any different than someone filling a thread completely with gibberish every line?
[poll][title]What do you think of my idea?[/title]
[option]I think it's rad![/option]
[option]It sucks![/option]
[option]I live in a giant bucket[/option]
[option]I am meh about it in general.[/option]
[option]Terrible idea.[/option]
[option]Could use work[/option]
[option]Implement this now![/option]
[option]Huzzah![/option]
[option]Waffles have more surface area than Pancakes![/option]
[/poll]