# Polls UX: Problems and solutions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-ux-problems-and-solutions/46722>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [July 1, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-ux-problems-and-solutions/46722 "2016-07-01T19:18:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-ux-problems-and-solutions/46722/24 "2016-07-16T16:54:50Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> TL;DR if you wish to continue this discussion, stop talking and start pasting in images. Find someplace that builds polls as a product they sell, and cite that design by screenshotting it and cropping it into a reply here as an example. You are proposing we redesign polls from scratch, so be aware that it may take many months to get to.

Facebook, single choice:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/9/199d019bc4d9c38d71530945f3a7ba83b8da7be5.png)

Facebook, multiple choice:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/b/2b80bef66b2fa854841a3975fc18e2018f18186b.png)

Polls on Facebook automatically do a postback when a radio button or checkbox is ticket, hence the complete omission of a checkbox.

Google Forms, single choice:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/6/d6e2c5f8d07d40e0334a00d88db16c6821d7024e.png)

Google Forms, multiple choice:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/8/28003084f8b249c5f4aa34553cc9190a76e26b0d.png)

Surveymonkey, single choice:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/d/9de1e134c8cfc98c8241ae00305af5834a05864b.png)

Surveymonkey, multiple choice:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/d/dd1c1a4333af29fc8f0446da40bc0e5faa93379a.png)

Do you see the common theme in these examples? It’s 🔘 and ☑ !

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