# Adding polls to current threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 20, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702 "2013-08-20T11:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/1 "2013-08-20T11:07:12Z")
as a matter of curiosity, how do we feel about adding polls to existing threads? the question is for both mods and OPs. as a random example, an anonymous poll for the current groping thread might be informative. is it a vocal few? a 90% or a 51% majority? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=699400](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=699400) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/2 "2013-08-20T12:13:04Z")
Polls can’t be added to an existing thread – software limitation, not a rule. If you want to start a poll and provide links back and forth, feel free. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/3 "2013-08-20T12:16:09Z")
can’t i start a new thread and have the two merged into one? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/4 "2013-08-20T14:35:46Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > can’t i start a new thread and have the two merged into one? Not my forum, but I personally wouldn’t do it, since the conversation had been proceeding as though there weren’t a poll – my experience is that the way threads unfold is different with and without a poll. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/5 "2013-08-21T00:07:29Z")
I agree with **twickster** on this one. There’s a difference in the flow of poll and non-poll threads. The best bet is to start a poll in another thread and link them to each other. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/6 "2013-08-21T00:24:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Polls can’t be added to an existing thread – software limitation, not a rule. > > If you want to start a poll and provide links back and forth, feel free. Actually, under the “Thread Tools” menu you can “add a poll to this thread” if you started the thread, or are a mod probably. It looks to me like some boards have it turned off, like General Questions. But check threads you started and see. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/7 "2013-08-21T02:11:22Z")
hey, it works! i didn’t know that. i agree that the flow is different without a poll, and this solves that problem. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702/8 "2013-08-21T14:38:28Z")
Glad to help, shijinn. I should note that I was the one who voted “true” in the poll. I figured if any web-bots are reading this page it would blow their logic circuits.