Polls are anonymous...whereas the beauty of this community is the strength of the connections. smileys/wink.gif
Just my two cents! But I think they could be fun as a sidebar, perhaps. Favorite toppings, for example; favorite chef; favorite cookbook; things you could make in your sleep (that would require write-in categories).
However...it does make me worried that the format will change. (Do not want. At all.)
I don't see the point of polls unless they are to collect marketing
information for whoever is sponsoring the site. I would be happy to do anything that maintains this forum. But as Erin says, I fear that this means the tone of this forum will be changing. Most polls that I see on-line are meaningless, and this forum is not.