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#10. How do polls work, and why do I see a gold banner at the top of the chat?

Everyone

Audience: Everyone.

Short answer: Anyone in the chat can create a poll. While a poll
is active, a gold pill (🗳 {question} — Please Choose · {countdown})
shows at the top of the room — tap it to vote. Polls run up to 24
hours, only one can be active per room, and results stick around for
24 hours after the poll closes.

Step-by-step (creating a poll)

  1. In the chat room, tap the bar-chart icon in the toolbar.
  2. Type your question.
  3. Add options+ Add Option lets you keep adding choices.
  4. Pick a duration (max 24 hours).
  5. Click Create Poll.
  6. A gold poll banner appears at the top of the chat for everyone in
    the room.

Step-by-step (voting)

  • Tap the gold banner — it scrolls you to the poll message and lets
    you pick an option.
  • Or scroll up to the poll message in the chat itself and tap an
    option there.
  • A checkmark appears on the banner once you've voted.

What the banner is showing you

  • Active poll: 🗳 {question} — Please Choose · {time left} ✓
    (the ✓ only appears if you've already voted).
  • Closed poll (last 24 hours): 🗳 {result summary}
    shows the winning option until it auto-clears.

Notes / gotchas

  • One active poll per room. If you try to create a second poll
    while another one is still running, you'll see "There is
    already an active poll in this room. Close it before creating
    a new one."
    This is intentional so the chat doesn't drown in
    stale polls.
  • 24-hour cap. Polls cannot run longer than 24 hours. After
    that they close automatically, the result banner takes over for
    another 24 hours, and then the banner disappears.
  • Live countdown. The banner updates every second so you always
    know how much time is left to vote.

Video

  • File: videos/10-polls.mp4 (to be recorded)
  • Suggested length: 45–60 seconds
  • Suggested script:
    1. Open chat, tap bar-chart icon, build a poll (15s)
    2. Show the gold banner at the top of the chat with countdown
    (10s)
    3. Tap banner, vote, show ✓ on banner (10s)
    4. Try to create a second poll — show the "already active"
    message (5s)
    5. Show what the banner becomes after the poll closes (result
    summary for 24h) (15s)

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