How to Make a Poll in Discord (with or without a bot)

Discord is a popular communication platform used by a lot of different communities, including gamers, streamers, even some businesses around the world. Discord can be used for a lot of different things including making polls, this is a great way to get feedback from your users or to simply gather information.

There are two easy ways to make polls on discord both of them are pretty simple, one includes just sending a message yourself and reacting to the message with two emotes, and/or automating it with the use of a bot.

Creating a poll without using a bot

Open the channel in which you want to create the poll and start a new message by clicking on the text box at the bottom of your screen.

  1. Type the contents of your poll and add a emote to each option in the message
  2. If you want everyone to react to your message you can also ping them by adding “@everyone” at the end of the message
    Type the contents of your poll
    Type the contents of your poll
  3. After you’ve sent the poll message, simply just react with the emotes you gave each of the options in the poll
    eact with the emotes you gave each of the options in the poll
    eact with the emotes you gave each of the options in the poll

This is the easiest way to create a poll on discord without the help of any bot.

Creating a Poll using a Discord bot

To create a poll using a discord bot you will need to add the bot to the server you want to start a poll in, this will require you special administrator permissions. If you already have those just follow these steps:

  1. Go to Dyno bot’s official website. We are using Dyno bot for this demonstration.
  2. Click on the “Add To Server” option
    Click on the "Add To Server" option
    Click on the “Add To Server” option
  3. Under “Free Plan” click on “Add To Server
    Under "free plan" click on "Add To Server"
    Under “free plan” click on “Add To Server”
  4. Login into your Discord account when prompted
    Login into your Discord account
    Login into your Discord account
  5. Click on the “Select a server” dialog box and select the server you want to add the bot to
    lick on the "Select a server" dialog box
    lick on the “Select a server” dialog box
  6. In the next window press “Authorize
    press "Authorize"
    press “Authorize”
  7. Open the server you just added the bot to and type “/poll“, select the “/poll create” option
    type "/poll", select the "/poll create" option
    type “/poll”, select the “/poll create” option
  8. Type the message in the “message” dialog box and the poll options in “choice1” and “choice2” respectively. You can add upto 10 poll choices in the free version of the bot.
    Type the message in the "message" dialog box
    Type the message in the “message” dialog box
  9. You can post it by clicking on the “Send” button. The poll will appear as a message in the channel, and users can vote by reacting to the options using the corresponding emote
    users can vote by reacting to the options using the corresponding emote
    users can vote by reacting to the options using the corresponding emote

In conclusion, using Discord to create a poll is a quick and efficient approach to get input and ideas from your community. You can design a poll that meets your needs by using the steps listed above.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Muhammad Zubyan


Muhammad Zubyan is a certified Google IT Support Professional with over 7 years of extensive experience. He has worked on more than 1500 computers, gaining valuable insights that enable him to detect and troubleshoot any complicated root cause of Windows-related issues and errors. In addition to managing Appuals as a Senior Editor, he is currently developing his own Game Optimization program that caters to both gamers and casual users alike.
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