Are public polls no longer possible?

[DReffects2]

I recall an option to allow guests to take part in polls. has this feature been removed? If not, how can i create a public poll?

 

Thanks 🙂 

[Nathan Explosion]

There is a group setting that controls the ability to create them.

[DReffects2]

18 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said:

There is a group setting that controls the ability to create them.

Hm yes, I see that guests can create topics and polls, but other guests cannot vote. 

Which group setting are you talking about? Settings for the user group "guests" or the guest permissisions within the premission matrix of the selected forum?

Or am I missing something?

Edited May 1, 2021 by DReffects2

[opentype]

I don’t remember that this was ever possible. 

[Nathan Explosion]

5 hours ago, DReffects2 said:

Or am I missing something?

Define 'public poll' from your perspective.

Mine - a poll where the votes can be seen by others. And a group can create a public poll, if I remember correctly.

Yours? You've mentioned guests voting, so a definition is needed I think.

[DReffects2]

15 hours ago, Nathan Explosion said:

Mine - a poll where the votes can be seen by others. And a group can create a public poll, if I remember correctly.

Yours? You've mentioned guests voting, so a definition is needed I think.

ahh 🙂 yes, I mean a poll, where guests can vote without registration, like with guest comments. 

[Nathan Explosion]

Guests can't vote in polls, and I don't believe that has ever been possible with the software (a vote in a poll is captured against the account ID, that is how it can be seen if 'you' have voted or not - Guests don't have an account ID, and if it was tracked then it would have to be by IP address, MAC address, browser user-agent....all of can be manipulated by the user, thus introducing fake votes)

Edited May 2, 2021 by Nathan Explosion

[DReffects2]

Thanks for the info. I've implemented a voting via poll-maker.com for the moment.