Thank you for submitting but these are pretty lame compared to the other social networks. Dramatically hurts engagement relative.
You could start a poll to ask if anyone cares. I predict most HN users don’t give a second (or first!) thought about how polls compare to other social networks, because HN is not trying to be like them and that’s a feature.
HN can be addictive enough as it is, adding more bells and whistles is not the answer.
To make it easier, a friend made an HN poll viewer with “create a poll” link:
https://hnpolls.com/
Thank you for submitting but these are pretty lame compared to the other social networks. Dramatically hurts engagement relative.
Twitter, Linkedin, and YouTube now have native poll features with exceptionally high, value added engagement.
You could start a Poll to ask why there isn’t a Poll feature: