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Polls

Orax syncs polls across interserv groups. Discord uses native polls. Fluxer uses /poll. When a poll ends, votes from every mirrored copy are counted together and the combined results are posted.

Discord (native polls)

Create a poll with Discord’s built-in poll UI in a linked channel. Orax then:

  1. Detects the poll on the message
  2. Relays it to every other linked channel
  3. Stores the question, answers, and expiry

On other Discord channels, members vote on a native Discord poll copy. On Fluxer, the poll is posted as text with numbered vote buttons. On Telegram, it is posted as text only (no voting).

There is no /poll slash command on Discord. Use Discord’s native poll composer.

Fluxer (/poll)

Fluxer has no native polls. Use /poll in any Fluxer channel:

/poll "Best game?" "Chess" "Go" --duration 2h

That posts an Orax Polls panel with a vote menu. In a linked channel it is relayed to the rest of the group. Members vote with the menu or /poll vote <id> <option number>.

Default duration is 24 hours. Options: 2–10. Multiple answers are allowed unless you pass --single.

Vote aggregation

When a poll expires (or is ended early on Fluxer):

  1. A scheduler checks for due polls about every 15 seconds
  2. Orax reads vote counts from all Discord copies of the poll
  3. Fluxer votes stored in the database are added to those totals
  4. Combined results are posted in every linked channel as Orax Polls

People vote on separate copies (native Discord polls vs Fluxer buttons). The final tally is still one combined result.

Example

If a poll is synced across 3 Discord servers:

  • Server A: 10 votes for option 1, 5 votes for option 2
  • Server B: 8 votes for option 1, 3 votes for option 2
  • Server C: 2 votes for option 1, 7 votes for option 2

The aggregated result posted by Orax would be:

  • Option 1: 20 votes
  • Option 2: 15 votes

Fluxer votes for the same options are added on top of that.

Limitations

  • Results may take a few seconds after expiry (the aggregator runs on a short interval)
  • Native Discord polls are tracked when they are sent in a linked channel
  • Message mappings used to find copies last 30 days
  • If a webhook or channel is unavailable, votes from that copy may be missing
  • Telegram shows the question and options as text and cannot collect votes
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