Setting up the MetaPoll

Writing your title

The first thing you may want to do is to write your title for this MetaPoll. To do this, click into the top field called "name" and type the title you want.

Titles are not unique. Two or more MetaPolls can have the same title in the same DAO. (URLs are unique)

Consider the title carefully

The title is very important since it communicates what this MetaPoll will signal towards.

For example if you name the MetaPoll: "Treasury Management" then the options will logically signal towards treasury management.

Caution! Titles are the only field in a MetaPoll which cannot be changed after publishing. So choose your title carefully before hitting the publish button.

Snapshot cadence

The next thing to choose is the snapshot cadence, this is the time interval between snapshots.

Example: if you chose a 7 day cadence and you published the MetaPoll on a Tuesday, then every following Tuesday a new snapshot would get created.

Can I change the cadence?

Yes, if you want to change the cadence at a later date, you can do so anytime.

However, to prevent a snapshot moving attack, changing the cadence will not change the time of the immediately next snapshot, but the snapshot following it.

Choosing a DAO

All MetaPolls must be connected to a DAO, this is needed for two reasons.

1. Users need to know what DAO or community the results signal towards.

2. MetaPoll needs a list of eligible voting tokens to determine if a voter is eligible vote and how much to weight their vote.

You can select a DAO by clicking on any DAO added to "my DAOs" list.

Choose the DAO this MetaPoll will be connected to.

Refer to the dedicated page if you need to add or remove a DAO from your DAO list.

While you can change which DAO a MetaPoll is connected to, many voters may not have eligible voting tokens in the other DAO, so it's generally not recommended to change DAOs unless necessary.

Eligible Voting tokens

Each DAO has a list of eligible voting token(s) underneath it as well as the weight of each vote on the right hand side. Some DAOs may have multiple eligible tokens and each token can have a different weight.

If you see a weight of 1 this means 1 token = 1 vote. If you see a weight of 10, then 1 token = 10 votes. If you see a weight of 0.5 then 1 token = 0.5 votes.

Visibility

Currently all MetaPoll results are public. However, one day MetaPolls will have multiple visibilities.

In the future we plan to add private polls, where only accounts with the required tokens can access the private MetaPoll. Once this feature is available, you will be able to enable private polls here.

Drafts

As soon as you've chosen a title, you can save a draft of your MetaPoll and resume your work. This allows you to take your time authoring a MetaPoll before publishing it.

To save a draft, simply click the blue button labeled "Save Draft". You can save over your draft to update it as many times as you like.

You can save your work by clicking the "Save Draft" button

MPTS format

In the near future there will be a new feature added called MetaPoll TreeSpec. MPTS (MetaPoll TreeSpec) is a minimalistic format used to create or modify a portable MetaPoll option tree within any basic text editor.

Why use MPTS?

Creating polls in the MetaPoll app interface isn't always ideal. In some cases it makes more sense to draft them in collaborative documents where you can:

• Receive feedback and comments from others

• Get assistance from AI tools

• Enable portability between environments (local to production)

• Share and fork MetaPolls within communities

TLDR, using MPTS allows collaboration, use of AI tools, and saves you time. If you're going to author medium to large size MetaPolls then using MPTS is highly recommended. Best part is that MPTS is extremely simple to learn.

You can learn more about MPTS by reading it's dedicated page.

Next, let's learn how to create and remove options and their children.