Ask YC: Should we raise the karma threshold for creating polls?

That's absurd. If they have to be that strongly discouraged, they shouldn't exist at all.

I really like the idea of polls, I think that they would get a better idea of where people stood with actions then just their votes for a good idea (where do you host is one that immediately comes to mind) (do you have funding) (how many startups have you been involved in that have failed)

..mostly I'd like to get some stats on the community in general, and polls are a good way to do it...

As for the karma idea, I think polls are more valuable to newbies than many others, so a karma threshold may not be the right answer.

Shouldn't this be a poll?

Maybe add the votes to the post total though? It seems folks are voting in the poll but forgetting to upvote. For instance, right now, if 20 people vote in a poll, it seems like it would be interesting to the rest of the community. Plus, isn't a vote in the poll a marker of interest in said poll?

Kinda. I think putting a poll should involve spending some karma points.

If a poll cost 50-100 karma points to create, anyone who posts a poll would make sure they were interesting.

Nah. If they're valued they'll get upvoted.