Polls are a fast way to gather input from your community. Attach a poll to any post on your community wall, and let your members weigh in with a single click.
Whether you're picking a venue for an event, running a board vote, or just gauging member opinion, polls give you a clear, structured answer without scrolling through a long comment thread.
Start a New Post
Polls live on posts in the community wall. First, log in to your account and go to the Social Network tab from the admin panel, then click New Post.
Select the wall or board where you want the poll to appear, and add your title and description as you would for any other post.
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Add a Poll to Your Post
Below the post content, find the Add to your post row and click the Poll button. A new poll panel will appear underneath.
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Configure Your Poll
Options
Add between 2 and 10 options. You can reorder them with the up and down arrows or remove any option with the X button.
Closes
Choose how long the poll stays open. You can pick one of the quick presets or set a custom date and time.
1 hour
1 day
3 days
1 week (default)
Custom for a specific date and time
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More Options
Click More options to expand the advanced settings.
Audience
Decide who can see and vote in your poll.
Members only: only signed-in members of your community can vote.
Admins only: only admins can vote. Useful for internal board or committee votes.
Public: anyone with the link, including non-members, can vote.
Selection
Single: members can pick only one option.
Multi: members can pick more than one option.
Results
Decide when results are visible to voters.
After voting: a member sees the results only after they cast their vote.
After close: results stay hidden until the poll closes.
Always: running totals are visible to everyone at all times.
Identity
Choose whether votes are private or attributed.
Anonymous: individual votes are hidden from everyone, including admins. No one can see who voted for which option. This is the right choice for sensitive topics where members may not want their answer on the record.
Public: votes are attributed. Anyone who can see the poll can also see who voted for what. Useful for board votes, committee decisions, or anywhere accountability matters.
Note: anonymous polls are final. Once a member submits their vote, they can't change it.
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Publish Your Poll
Once your poll is set up, save the post. The poll goes live on the wall as soon as the post is published, and your members can start voting immediately.
The poll closes automatically at the time you set. After it closes, no more votes can be cast.
Things to Know
Anonymous — individual votes are hidden from everyone, including admins.
Anonymous polls are final. Members can't change their vote after submitting.
Public polls show vote attribution to everyone who can see the poll.
Results visibility (After voting, After close, Always) only changes when results are shown. The vote counts themselves are recorded the moment someone votes.
If you choose Public as the audience, even non-members with the link can vote, so use it carefully for sensitive questions.