/poll ****command in the text channel where you want to post the poll. Don’t worry, you can change that channel later and it will not post anything until you confirm you are ready for it.
; No need to add spaces:
eg. Unity;Unreal;Blender.
🥸 Feel free to add emojis to decorate the poll eg 🤝Unity;👽Unreal;🥤Blender.
⚠️ You can add up to 24 answers per question.
But wait…
You can do so much better!
In the next paragraphs, we’ll guide you through the different options for customizing your poll. This is where the fun of creating engaging polls begins!
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🤖 When you first install Subo, it comes with common default settings to make it easier for you. But you can change defaults in the /pollcommand (B) or later in Edit mode (C).
You can also change the server defaults with the Settings command (see more below in D and in /settings: Customize Subo for your server ).
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/poll command, you can now customize the poll with the following options:| Option | Description | Value if ignored |
|---|---|---|
| max_select | Maximum number of answers a respondent can select (eg. 1 for a single-select). |
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| Read the ‣ tutorial for more information | Default: multi-select with no maximum selections (respondents can select all the answers) | |
| start | Schedule an automated started by entering how much time from the poll creation you want to start, eg 2h30m to activate the poll in 2 hours and 30 minutes |
Poll will start when you manually hit the Start Now button in the next step |
| time_limit | How long the poll stays open from its start, eg. 1d12h to close the poll 1.5 day after its start |
Default time limit defined in server settings (’1 day’ after installation) |
| vote_change | Select Yes to allow users to change their votes |
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Select No to make their votes final |
Default defined in server settings (’yes’ after installation) | |
| show_results | You can select between: | |
| 🔊Public: all vote results shown in the poll embed | ||
| 👀Voters-only: vote results are not shown in the embed while the poll is open, but voters can see them by clicking on the 👀 button after voting | ||
🙈Hidden: votes are not shown to anyone while the poll is open. Only the creator can see results and share them (through /survey>results ) |
Default defined in server settings (’Public’ after installation) | |
| image_link | Enter the image link of an image you want to show with your post. If you want to upload an image instead, upload it first to a private channel on your server, then copy its image link and paste it here. | No image added |
| chart_emoji | You can select among several emojis to customize the style of the poll chart: 🟩;🟪;🟦;👍and more seasonal emojis. | 🟩 |
| privacy | You can select between: | |
| 👤 Anonymous: Everyone who can see the embed can see the aggregated results. The full report does NOT show individual answers. **** | ||
| 🤐 Confidential: Everyone who can see the embed can see the aggregated results. Creators can also see who voted for what individually with the full report. | ||
| ****🙋 Transparent: In addition to the aggregated results, users can also click the 🙋 button and see who voted what | Default defined in server settings (’Confidential’ after installation) | |
| call_to_action | This is additional text which is shown before the poll embed. The text can include a ping, an introduction to the question. or just text to motivate your members to answer. | |
You can include the following fields between square brackets []: |
[SurveyRoles] will include a ping to the role(s) you selected to answer your questions[CreatedBy]: will show the Discord username of the account creating the survey/poll[SurveyName]: how you named the survey[SurveyId]: internal survey ID
eg. ‘[SurveyRoles], this is your new poll alert ([SurveyId])’ | Default defined in server settings (none after installation) |
| role_required | Only people with the role required can vote in your poll.
Note: You can select multiple required roles, but only in Edit mode (see below). The /poll command only accepts one role. | Default defined in server settings (none after installation) |
| role_reward | (premium only)
Give a special role to the people answering your poll. | No role reward added. |
| channel | Select the channel or thread where you want to post your poll.
Note: the list only shows the first 10 channels/threads. If you have more channels on your server, start typing the name and your desired channel will appear. | Default defined in server settings (in the channel/thread where you run the command after installation). |
| name | Give your poll a unique, memorable name. It will make it easier for you to find the poll later when you need to make edits, see results, etc. | By default, polls are named ‘Poll 1’, ‘Poll 2’ etc in their order of creation |
| voting_button | Decide what to display inside the voting buttons: you have the choice betweenENTER .