I'm not sure what it is about the new polls that I find so entertaining. I mean there are a lot of threads started asking for people to vote about this or that. It happens all the time, and I rarely follow along. Maybe part of the draw is that it tabulates the data so that you can see the results without necessarily reading every response. Maybe it's just that there are "chunky and exciting" graphics (to quote Douglas Adams). Whatever it is, I find myself watching the polls closely. Thanks Paizo!
Now, a couple of suggestions.
First, I think that many of these polls would do well to have a finite duration. As it stands (as far as I can tell and I may be missing something) the poll continues until people lose interest and the thread gets archived. This works for some poll subjects, but others might benefit from a concrete ending. The "Who's your favorite author" poll being an example. Let's have an end to it, so that Nick Logue can crow or cry about it finally.
Also, I was wondering if we could adapt the polls to another use. The use that I'm thinking of would require multiple votes, or some other creative way to poll. It would be really cool to take the Obituary threads, and throw in a little data collection scheme like the polling code. Some way to tabulate the number of deaths in a given module, right up top for everyone to see. I can think of all sorts of interesting ways to collect and display that data. One problem is that it would be coolest to splice it into the existing obit. threads instead of starting totally new ones.
Anyway, just some thoughts. Thanks for the fun!