# Hidden restrictions: Poll can't be changed after the fact **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** polls\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018 "2015-02-09T14:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018/27 "2015-02-10T23:50:17Z")
> [@pakl](#): > > If a poll plugin is supposed to be actually used then integrate it into the UI! It might be easy enough to add a checkbox to the composer UI but space is a valuable commodity already so I don’t know how it could best be squeezed in. IIRC, right or wrong, the Poll feature is considered to be a “power user” thing. i.e. not for the newbie, but discoverable to those that have learned a bit about how things work. IMHO a Poll and discussion are _not_ mutually exclusive. Have a Poll makes it easy to tally results without needing to count per post. I agree with the restriction to alter options 100+% Changing the options after votes have been cast invalidates the poll making it useless. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018)._