# Polls: Can Moderators see who posted what? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 23, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302 "2009-09-23T22:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/1 "2009-09-23T22:46:14Z")
From what I understand in polls, you have the option of public or private polls. My question is, if you choose a private one (where the members can’t see who polled for what), can the moderators or administrators see who answered which question? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/2 "2009-09-23T22:53:38Z")
Don’t know. Find me a “private” poll to look at – or start one here as a test – and I’ll take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/3 "2009-09-23T22:55:41Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533259)is the first one I found in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/4 "2009-09-23T23:16:29Z")
> [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533259)is the first one I found in IMHO. Nope, I can’t see any names. Dunno if administrators could, but can’t think of a reason they’d’ve made that distinction when writing the poll program. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/5 "2009-09-24T03:19:50Z")
Administrators can in vBulletin 2.x; I do not know for certain about vBulletin 3.x or about any implementation of the this board. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/6 "2009-09-24T12:29:45Z")
I couldn’t see names. Moreover, when I went into the EDIT function, I still couldn’t see names… nor could I edit the poll to make it show names. So, note that there is an EDIT function available to mods/admins – if you submit your poll and forgot an option, or whatever, let us know. However, also note that once you’ve decided the poll will be nameless, you apparently can’t reverse that. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-can-moderators-see-who-posted-what/511302/7 "2009-09-24T14:08:25Z")
Just a note only slightly off-topic: you can see how you voted because your choice is italicized. Just general FYI.