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title: "Why are polls disappearing after I post them?"  
description: "Why are polls disappearing after I post them?"  
author: "Ravi Vishwakarma"  
published: 2025-09-21  
updated: 2025-09-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115777/why-are-polls-disappearing-after-i-post-them  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "twitter"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Why are polls disappearing after I post them?

## Answers

### Answer by Himanshi Gupta

Polls are [techniques](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304077/why-coding-techniques-are-important) that bring [together](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80980/indian-civilians-need-to-be-together-during-coronavirus-pandemic) the opinions, views or votes from a [group of people](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51236/helen-hunt-jackson-s-a-century-of-dishonor-chronicled-the-injustices-inflicted-upon-which-group-of-people) on a particular topic or [question](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/110878/what-is-the-indian-parliament-question-hour) that can be conducted online [as well as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34870/as-well-as-being-the-34th-american-president-which-president-was-also-a-general-of-the-united-states-army) offline.

Polls can be used for various contexts like online forums, surveys, votes, and [social networking](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37503/is-it-necessary-to-show-your-sadness-on-any-social-networking-sites).

But why are polls disappearing after you already post them?

There might be various reasons that show why the poles are disappearing after you post them.

- [Platform](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13080/wikipedia-the-most-powerful-advertising-platform-of-the-digital-age) restriction - There are some [limitations](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/121/what-are-the-benefits-and-limitations-of-using-hidden-fields) on the [duration](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45301/what-is-a-short-duration-discussion) and number of calls that can be generated if you cross the limit then it will automatically disappear
- [Technical](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/85242/what-are-the-technical-highlights-for-software-testing) glitches - There are some technical bugs that will disappear the polls. It happens when there is some technical issue with the platform, browser or your device.
- Time limitations - Some polls have a time boundations. So when it crosses the time limitations, systematically the polls will disappear.
- Content policies - There are some policies that remove the polls after a certain period or under some particular situation.
- Maker’s choice - It can happen that intentionally or unintentionally the user deleted the poll or set a particular time limit for that poll.

These are the reasons that disappear the polls even after you post them.


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