Company
Date Published
Author
Emily Esposito
Word count
2354
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Twitter allows users to add polls to any tweet as they write it, using the graph icon underneath the textbox. Instagram limits its polling feature to Instagram Stories and requires a sticker icon at the top of the story editor to create a poll. Facebook offers the most in-depth social media polling option, allowing users to set the duration of their poll and customize answer choices with photos or GIFs. Social media polls are limited compared to dedicated poll apps but offer an easy way to gather quick opinions from social audiences. Dedicated poll apps like Poll Junkie, EasyPolls, Poll Everywhere, Polltab, and Xoyondo provide more features and options for creating polls, including question types, voting security, and detailed results. While social media polls are convenient, they have limitations such as not being easily exportable or embeddable on websites, and only viewable on the social network where they were posted.