Like, it might really be a stupid question. I found this 5 year and still open Git Issue asking for the functionality: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/787

If so, then how do you make polls on Lemmy?

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[–] 29 points 4 months ago

There's really no poll feature. Piefed has polls but Lemmy doesn't.

You could make a poll by asking a question then reading people's answers, or by linking a poll website.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago

    There was a grant in the 2024 NLNet funding round for Lemmy, specifically mentioning polls:

    Poll support (3500€)
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    Don't know if that grant still stands, but someone with the skills could implement polls and earn some money.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago*

    Couldn't you use a 3rd party site and post results? Not ideal, but block is pretty private/anonymous

    https://blocksurvey.io/zero-knowledge-survey-software

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Have you tried making a poll on mastodon and at mentioning the lemmy community? Mastodon supports polls, and you can post to a lemmy community by at mentioning it from any fediverse service, but I have no idea what lemmy (or piefed) would do with the poll.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Best I can do is a thread where you prepopulate the poll answers as comments and tell people to vote their answer and hope they only vote once. Or you have them respond and manually organize the data yourself.

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  • [+] -17 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Who gives a shit about a fucking poll?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I agree with you but lots of people need general, vague direction that is wholly questionable in it's truth. It's something they can sink their teeth into and believe wholeheartedly! /s

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