How to run a poll in Discord with roles and hidden results
Polls ask your members a question and count the answers. Each answer is a button, every member votes with one click, and at the end the post shows the result. You decide who may vote and whether the result shows before the end.
Takes about 2 minutesFree, Premium raises limits
What you will end up with
In your channel: “Which game do we play on Friday?” with three answers as buttons, a bar and a share for each, and the time it ends.
polls
ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
📊 Which game do we play on Friday?
1. Minecraft
█████░░░░░ 52% (12)
2. Rocket League
███░░░░░░░ 30% (7)
3. A board game night
██░░░░░░░░ 17% (4)
23 votes
1. Minecraft · 122. Rocket League · 73. A board game night · 4
Where to find it
Open the dashboard, pick your server and choose Polls in the sidebar (on a phone: under Features in the bar at the bottom). That is two clicks from your server list. You can also press Ctrl K anywhere in the dashboard and type the name.
In the dashboard, pick your server and choose Polls in the sidebar. Switch it on with the switch in the banner and save.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/pollsPollsEnabledSet it upPolls
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Step 2: Write the question and the answers
Under New poll, write your Question and between two and ten Answers. Pick the Channel the poll goes into and How long it runs. The preview beside it shows the post as your members will see it.
Tip
In Discord, /poll does the same in the channel you are in: the question, then the answers separated by |, for example Yes | No | Maybe.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/pollsNew pollThe preview beside it shows the post as your members will see it.QuestionWhich game do we play on Friday?Answer 1MinecraftAnswer 2Rocket LeagueChannel#pollsHow long it runs1 hour1 day3 days7 days
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Step 3: Set the rules of the vote
Several answers per member lets everybody pick more than one. Hide the result until the end shows no counts while the poll runs, so nobody votes with the crowd. Under Who may vote, pick a role to let only its members vote. Then press Start poll.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/pollsRules of the voteSeveral answers per memberHide the result until the endWho may voteEverybodyStart poll
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Step 4: Members vote, and the result stays
Members press an answer. Pressing another one moves their vote, and pressing the same one again offers to take it back. At the end the buttons go and the post shows every answer with its share. Your polls on the page lists each poll with its result; End now closes one early.
Important
Nobody sees who voted for what, in Discord or in the dashboard. Only the counts are shown.
polls
ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
📊 Which game do we play on Friday?
1. Minecraft · most votes
█████░░░░░ 52% (12)
2. Rocket League
███░░░░░░░ 30% (7)
3. A board game night
██░░░░░░░░ 17% (4)
23 votes
Commands
Type / in Discord and they appear, in each member’s own language. Only members with the permission shown can use a command.
Premium costs €6 a month per server and is shared by every admin of that server. It raises limits, it does not unlock the feature.
Free and Premium
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Polls running at once
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Something not working?
The problems people run into most often, and how to fix each one.
The poll did not appear in the channel
ZombyIO needs View Channel, Send Messages and Embed Links there. Your polls marks a poll that could not be posted and names the channel. Give the permissions and start it again.
A member cannot vote
The poll is limited to a role the member does not have, or it has ended. The post names the role while the poll runs.
I cannot start another poll
Your plan runs a number of polls at once. End one with End now or wait for one to finish. Premium runs more.
I want to change a question or an answer
A running poll cannot be changed, because members already voted on what it said. Remove it and start a new one.
Ask in the ZombyIO support server. Bring your support ID, your server’s support ID and a sentence about what you expected to happen, and someone will look at it with you.
