You can make a poll on discord in any server for any situation, whether it’s a gaming server and you want to know a member’s favorite character or a study server and you want to know if your members need any help. Simplifying the process to make a poll on discord, this article covers multiple ways to create the poll.
Can you Make a Poll Without Using Supporting Tools on Discord?
Yes, you can make a poll on discord without using a supporting tool. Additional tools available on the internet are supposed to make the process easier for you but if you do not want to go through the hassle of searching for an effective tool, you can directly ask questions on your server. Read the full article and learn the step-by-step method to create a poll without using additional tools.
How to Make a Poll on Discord?
As stated earlier there are ways you can make a poll on discord without using any additional tools and ways where tools are used. We will look into both ways for the convenience of the users. You can follow these methods on your Android and IOS devices as well.
Create a Poll Channel (No Tools Required)Use Poll-MakerUse Bots
Users can go through each method and use them as per their preference.
Create a Poll Channel
This method does not require you to add any other tool. However, you need to have the administrative right to make new channels in a server. Open discord for PC or install it on your desktop and follow the steps below:
1. Log into your account.
2. Choose a server and click on the icon beside the server name.
3. Select ‘Create Channel‘.
4. Enter the channel name and click ‘Create Channel‘.
5. Click on the settings icon.
6. Go to ‘Permissions‘ and ‘Advanced Permissions‘.
7. Make changes under ‘Text Channel Permissions‘ and select ‘Save Changes‘.
8. Return to the channel and send questions.
While typing the questions you need to be detailed. Add questions and options along with emojis. Also, add a note at the end of the question about deadlines and misuse of emojis. You can use this method of making polls through emojis even without creating a channel. But having a separate channel will let the poll stay at the top and not get drowned amidst the messages.
Use Poll-Maker
Poll-Maker is a website that can be used as an additional tool while you make a poll on discord. Making a poll based on emojis might be an easy option but everyone can see the options others voted for. On top of that, there’s a chance people won’t take it seriously. To avoid that you can use a poll-maker in the following ways.
1. Go to Poll-Maker.
2. Write questions with options and select ‘Create Poll‘.
3. Click on ‘Copy Link‘.
4. Return to the discord channel and paste the link.
Members can go through the link and vote by choosing the appropriate answer for them. This way you can make a poll on discord through an online poll-maker.
Use Bots
The use of bots on discord is not something new. Bots are used for various purposes such as playing music, and so on. Similar bots that can be used to make a poll on discord are Simple Poll, Easy Poll, Poll Bot, Straw Poll, etc., Simple Poll is one of the bots that can be integrated into your server. In the same way, a bot has been made to simplify the process to make a poll on discord easier. You can follow the steps below to use a simple boll:
1. Go to Simple Poll on the top.gg website.
2. Select ‘Invite‘.
3. Log into your account and add a server.
4. Click ‘Continue‘.
5. ‘Authorise‘ the bot.
You can ask different kinds of questions through Simple Poll. Some of the examples are demonstrated below:
Multiple Reaction Poll with Poll Bot
You can add multiple options to a question using a simple poll on discord. This will help you get more perspective. While adding options you can choose the emojis to go with your options. The emojis you use will be shown as a reaction button to other people. See the demonstration below for example. You can add up to 20 options to your question using Simple Poll.
Yes/No Poll with Poll Bot
You can add simple yes or no questions using a simple poll on discord. This again will save you time and you can get answers to commonly asked questions in no time. Simple Poll will automatically add two options for yes/no questions making it easier for you. You can click thumbs up for yes and thumbs down for no as your answer.
Conclusion
Polls are the easiest method to cater large audience and get their opinion regarding a subject matter in no time. The flexibility of polls makes them convenient as they can be created and used in any scenario. In this article, we learned about different ways to make a poll on discord. We hope this was a helpful article. Let us know if you have any queries. Also Read: How to make a discord channel read-only?
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