Plugin talk:Poll

Not sure where to put this, I can't find any related sections so I'll add it here. Feel free to move, edit or delete as you deem fit.

Polls are useful for some, but very annoying for others in how the questions and responses spam the groups they are posted to. We need a way to allow people to make use of the polls; both asking questions and getting responses, and tracking responses of polls asked by others. We also need a way for folks to be able to subscribe to groups and not be spammed by unwanted polls and responses. My solution suggestion:

Create a system account like @pollster so that all polls by every user are relayed by @pollster and NOT by that user. This allows people who want to block those polls can simply not follow, filter or block @pollster. Only have the poll questions go through @pollster. When a poll is created, the system creates a responses page for that poll with a shortened url and includes that in the poll. Users who want to track responses can click on that url and subscribe to that page.

This means that at the most, group members only see the @pollster poll question posted to their group. They don't see any responses unless they actively choose to click on the link and subscribe to them.

An easier way may be to forget the @pollster system bot part, but still have the server create a responses page, shorten the url and include it, and disable all responses going to the groups.

-- @ThistleWeb 1. Feb. 2012