Free The Polls

[red prism]

Putting this here for visibility and community feedback!

Polls were added to Discord out of the blue with no permissions or documentation on how to disable them—if that were even possible. That's pretty bad for us as a large public server, because now there's a larger bit of effort thrust on mods to make sure people don't poll spam. Three or four polls can take up a 1080p display worth of a chat. As a quick workaround, I programmed NeuroBot to auto-delete polls the moment they're sent.

I don't think I need to explain what a poll is, but they're a useful way to gauge interest in ideas, give a clear yes/no to a question, or just have a funny moment. I don't think they would be harmful for the server.

That being said, while allowing polls with no further action probably wouldn't do much harm if people respect the flow of chat and not spam it, we all know that's bound to happen, so I propose we allow it but with a modification to NeuroBot to rate limit it per-channel - perhaps once a minute.

[thorn scroll]

Once a minute sounds good to me, yes.

[frank rune]

Smh didnt put a poll in here for gauging opinions about polls

[thorn scroll]

Heir, you silly.

[twilit laurel]

cant you set it so only certain rolls can make polls?

[frank rune]

I for one think we should keep them blocked, they feel like they can be disruptive.

[red prism]

Nope, Discord added 0 new permissions for polls.

[frank rune]

Though I'm no expert

[warped valley]

I think limiting it once per minute per channel, and like 15-30 minutes per user would be a good balance

[twilit laurel]

but like on the polls section?

[thorn scroll]

What'll happen, happen.

[twilit laurel]

oh nvm i cant read

[warped valley]

I do think polls could be great, and a lot of fun, if done right

[cinder flower]

I like that idea (if the bot can do that)

[frank rune]

I like this idea actually

If that can be coded, it would be the a great solution

[red prism]

Perfectly possible

[twilit laurel]

i just realised there is no neurobot in this channel so you can make polls here i think

[red prism]

it'll still listen to messages in forum posts i believe

[twilit laurel]

can i test it?

[red prism]

it'll only technically join the thread if it sends a message

sure!

[twilit laurel]

yea it gets autodeleted

[red prism]

neurobot doin its job

[warped valley]

I saw it for a split second

[thorn scroll]

Don't.

[warped valley]

Btw, if this does get implemented, I’d recommend updating the faq with this information

[frank rune]

Absolutely

[tulip lark]

[warped valley]

[hybrid smelt]

@red prism can you send ephemeral messages to people without them starting an interaction first?

[hybrid smelt]

i mean this can still be done with neurobot

[red prism]

Q: When can bots send me ephemeral messages?

Bots can only send you this kind of message when you use a Slash Command. If the bot you're using hasn't implemented Slash Commands, they'll have to DM you instead.

[red prism]

I'll see about getting this finalized

[red prism]

It's been implemented, have fun everyone I'll see about getting the rate limit details in the FAQ soon, but:

• 15 minutes per user
• 1 minute per channel
• Embed perms required