# Hidden restrictions: Poll can't be changed after the fact

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** polls\
**Created:** [9 فبراير 2015، 2:41م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018 "2015-02-09T14:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [10 فبراير 2015، 12:11ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018/8 "2015-02-10T00:11:35Z")

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Slightly Devil’s Advocate here: I’m 99% certain vBulletin let you edit them post creation/vote, and I’m fairly certain phpBB and most of the other players do too. I believe their intent is, if you edit it in such a way, you’ve destroyed your own ability to use the data (so it ends up being meaningless); which ultimately gives you more reason to not edit it in a way that would make the data meaningless (if you actually care about the results).

I’m at the point, I won’t use the poll feature in Discourse. It is too cumbersome for me to want to use for the rare number of times I actually need/want one. So I just create one elsewhere and link to it… ☹ (works for me, but sort of defeats the purpose of having it internally). Just my experience.

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