Polls on CommonYard

A poll on CommonYard asks one question with two to four choices. People vote with one tap, right on the card, and the choices fill in like a bar chart to show how everyone has voted so far.

What a CommonYard poll does

• Words, pictures or both. Each choice can be words, a picture, or a mix. On a picture poll, people tap the picture they pick.
• It closes when you say. Choose a day, three days, a week or no end — a week is picked for you. The card tells voters when it closes, “closes in 3 days” for example, and a closed poll takes no more votes and shows its result.
• The result, straight away. The card stamps VOTED once a vote is saved, and the voter sees where everyone landed. Before anyone votes, it says “Nobody has voted yet”.
• A picture or a clip on the question. Start from Pictures or A video and the poll carries it.
• For everyone, or just your yard. Post it to the whole Yard, where anyone on CommonYard can vote, or to one of your yards, where it stays: anyone who opens a public yard can read it, and its members vote.
• Close it early, or give it longer. From the poll’s ⋯ menu, Edit post lets you close it now or change when it closes.

Ideas for a poll

• Where the class should go on its end-of-year trip.
• Which date suits the family reunion.
• Which jollof wins, with a picture on each choice.
• Who was the man of the match on Saturday.

Make one in a minute

1. Tap the round + at the bottom of the screen.
2. Write your question. Add a picture or a video to the poll if you like.
3. Under ASK PEOPLE TO, tap Vote.
4. Add two to four choices — words, pictures, or both.
5. Under Closes, pick 1 day, 3 days, 1 week or never.
6. Check where it goes — the whole Yard, or one or more of your yards — and tap Post.

The full how-to is Make a poll; for voters, it’s Vote in a poll.

Good to know

• A poll’s choices can’t be changed once it is out, so check them before you post.
• Someone who votes before joining has their pick held as “not counted yet”; it counts as soon as they join.
• Voting earns 5 points, and a post earns 20. Points are credits for taking part, not cash.