# Testing a poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267 "2023-02-23T23:52:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267/1 "2023-02-23T23:52:11Z")

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Nothing to see here.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267/2 "2023-02-24T00:23:23Z")

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I see nothing. Nothing!

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267/3 "2023-02-24T03:55:54Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NuAKnbIr6TE/hqdefault.jpg "The Naked Gun - Nothing to See Here") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAKnbIr6TE)

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267/4 "2023-02-24T05:39:25Z")

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> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#):
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> Nothing to see here

I was in the middle of reading your polls when they vanished into thin air! Next time, try setting the expiration date longer than 90 seconds. 😉

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**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-a-poll/980267/5 "2023-02-24T13:08:04Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> was in the middle of reading your polls when they vanished into thin air! Next time, try setting the expiration date longer than 90 seconds. 😉

Expiration date? That’s hopelessly sophisticated. What you witnessed was a good old fashioned manual purge.