We’ve recently seen a couple of proposals with good community support, which is great.
Support was expressed through a string of “This is great!” replies.
We’re wondering whether it would make sense to include forum polls as a (informal) support indicator instead. We’ve been using this for Reserve Protocol with good results.
They’re somewhat easy to game, but this gaming is easily visible if votes are public.
If a vote receives a high number of new forum accounts voting in one direction, these votes can be discounted. Either way they exhibit a certain signal.
Creating them is super easy, just click the plus sign at the right end of the toolbar and select Add Poll. Votes public, Yes/No, or whatever options you think are good.
I like the idea of adding informal forum polls as it seems like a lightweight but meaningful upgrade to our RFC process offering quick, visible sentiment, especially when paired with public votes and active discussion.
If this proposal brings more positive sentiment from @Recognized_Delegates , we can integrate it into RFC / SIP templates as a recommended best practice.
It seems like a solid, community-oriented enhancement. Adding polls for signaling proposal support can help improve transparency, streamline governance, and give early feedback—while still keeping formal voting separate. Overall, I think it’s a constructive and thoughtful step forward.
Sentiment checks are pretty essential to the governance process IMO, so adding a poll to RFCs / SIPs is a great way to gauge sentiment even if everyone doesn’t provide a written response.
As long as we treat the poll as the start of a conversation, not the end of it. The most valuable thing isn’t the vote itself, but when someone votes ‘No’ and then adds a comment explaining why. I think this could be a great tool to spark deeper discussions.
