If I am looking for an opinion, I want an opinion. I don't want to preselect the answers and have people choose from that list. We all have blindspots and I have learned so much from the members on the QB, answers i never even thought of. I have never found members to be bashful, maybe over polite, but not bashful at answering questions or giving their opinions. So I would not initiate a poll. As for answering polls, I am suspicious of a hidden marketing usage so I won't answer them. For this poll, I saw it was initiated by patricej, one of our moderators/leaders, so I answered here. On the flip side, my hubby has polls on his man forums and he says they are mostly silly things, but they are fun and it is nice to see the results tabulated and you dont have to read all the posts to get the results.