Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Can this feature -- or poll voting -- be set up so that all members may know who is voting and how they voted/liked? If so, how easily can that be done?
Functionally, yes. In vB, it looks like this on the 'create poll' page (I just set up a test poll on our forum to confirm):
Poll Timeout
If you would like this poll to automatically close after a period of time, enter a number of days here.
Set this to 0 if you would like the poll to remain open indefinitely.
Close poll days after 27th December 2014
Miscellaneous Options
-Allow multiple choice: Give users the ability to select more than one answer
-Make votes public: Displays all users who voted, and what choice they voted for.
-Automatically parse links in text
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In the misc. options area, one needs only to click the check box next to '
Make votes public' and a listing of voters and votes will be accessible in the summary result.
Generally, though, polls I've participated in are always anonymous and that's how we set them up on the forums I moderate, unless for some reason management requests other. The site owner or the development team (anyone with root access to the database) can read the raw results if they so choose, regardless.