How to use the /poll command in Slack

• Put the question and every option in straight double quotes. Slack's curly quotes count too.
• There's no escaping, so a question or option can't contain a double quote. Use single quotes or reword.
• Settings go after the last quote, separated by spaces. Words inside quotes are never read as settings, so "Anonymous or named feedback?" is a safe question.
• Give an option its own emoji by putting the code right after its closing quote: "Pizza" :pizza: "Tacos" :taco:.
• Slack formatting works inside quotes: *bold*, :emoji:, and links.
• A misspelt keyword is ignored, so anonymus makes a poll that isn't anonymous. Check the preview.

Without a type keyword you get a choice poll, where people can pick any number of options. Add one of these to change it:

• ranked: voters put the options in order. See ranked choice polls.
• scale: a 1 to 5 rating. No options, or exactly five labels.
• short text: free-text answers. No options. short text :bulb: lets people vote on answers with that reaction; the choices are :thumbsup: :bulb: :heart: :joy: :tada: :rocket: :fire: :small_red_triangle:.
• q&a: people post questions and upvote them. No options. See running an AMA.

Free on every plan:

• anonymous: nobody, the creator included, sees who voted for what.
• allow-options: voters can add options.
• order-results-by-votes: list options by votes, not in your order.
• hide results: voters see the results only once you close the poll (on Premium, once you also choose to reveal them).
• @here or @channel: notify the channel when it posts.

Premium:

• limit 1 (or limit 2, and so on): the most options each person can pick.
• close after 1 day: close on its own. Allowed: 10, 30 or 60 minutes; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 or 24 hours; 1, 2, 3 or 7 days.
• remind 2 hours after posting or remind 1 hour before closing: repost it at the bottom of the channel. Allowed: 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes; 1, 2, 3, 12 or 24 hours; 1 day. A before-closing reminder needs close after.
• show results to creator: only you see the results.
• schedule tomorrow 9am: post it later. Always put it last.
• More than 5 options (up to 45), and surveys with --- between questions.

Case doesn't matter in keywords, and hyphens, underscores or spaces between words all work: allow-options and allow options are the same.

Separate questions with ---. The first part is a title, an optional description and the survey-wide settings; each part after it is one question with its own type, plus limit 1 or optional if you need them. See surveys in Slack.

It can't send a poll to people by DM, close at a set date and time, repeat a poll, or change a poll after it's posted. Repeating polls are set up in the poll form with the Schedule button; edits are made from the posted poll's Open button (Premium).