Forums Feature Requests Thread

[New Feature] Native polls (single/multi/ranked, time-limited)

Patrick Bass · May 29 · 31 · 1 Locked
[High Priority] [New Feature] [Deployed to Production]
🚀 OP May 29, 2026 2:42pm

What: Polls embedded in forum posts. Single-choice, multi-choice, ranked. Time-limited with auto-close. Member-results-visible toggle (hide results until vote OR until close). Live results.

Who benefits: Members (faster decisions in threads); admins (lightweight feedback tool).

Why: Circle ships polls. Discourse ships polls. We do not. Members work around with markdown hacks. Native polls are a 1-week ship that closes a basic gap.

Dependencies: None.

Recommended order: Sprint 2 (week 3-4). Stand-alone.

Complexity: 1 week. 1 model + 1 component + composer integration.

Priority: high


Patrick Bass
@mobieus

🚀 Jun 12, 2026 9:17am

Shipped. You can now add a poll when you start a thread. Pick the voting style that fits: single choice, multiple choice, or ranked. Choose when results show, either right away, after someone votes, or after the poll closes. Set a close time and the poll stops taking votes on its own.


Patrick Bass
@mobieus

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