# Polling best practice

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/polling-best-practice/92748>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [July 19, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polling-best-practice/92748 "2018-07-19T19:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Waltrip1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/john_waltrip1/32/98972_2.png) [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polling-best-practice/92748/5 "2018-07-20T21:38:37Z")

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> [@robmc](#):
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> is the idea of the poll just part of the conversation (so needs context and build-up), or is this a separate idea that was inspired by the thread but deserves to stand alone?

Great question to ask anytime you need to do a poll!

I’m following you on how to grab the url for the poll post, but in terms of promoting it, it looks like inviting users just sends them to the original topic and doesn’t give an option to input my own url. What did you have in mind for inviting new users to take the poll?

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