Welcome to curated-polls!
Here I will post polls that I came up with because I was curious, as well as user-submitted polls.
I reserve the right to reject or edit your submissions, especially around the following criteria. I know none of us are gonna think of every edge case (including me!), but try your best here!
Neutral wording
Don’t word your polls such that people on one side won’t respond or reblog. Don’t insult anyone.
Mutually exclusive and exhaustive options
People should be able to click on exactly one option, no more and no less.
I understand that this isn’t always easy within the poll character limit, so if needed, you can add something like “choose the first option that applies”.
Don’t add an option later in the poll that supercedes an earlier option, many people will see the first option and click it before scrolling through.
Consider adding an “other” option if you think there could be categories you’re missing or can’t fit into the 12 option limit.
I get that it’s annoying when the “N/A” option sweeps a poll, but if it’s not provided, people will lie and skew the data.
Interesting to a broad audience
Your niche fandom poll would be better served by a niche fandom blog posting it.
It’s ok if many people will choose N/A, as long as the results are still interesting to a broad audience.
Well bucketed numerical options
If your poll is numerical, consider the buckets that make sense. Should you use a logarithmic, linear or exponential scale? Or something else?
Will a substantial number of people be bunched along the high or low side, with several options on the other side that no one is picking?
thanks for reading!
