Prof. Goose-

can this site do instant polls?

Scoop has the capability to do polls, but I disabled them at the start. I would like to get them working at some point, but I've been busy just keeping the site alive.

Look for polls and a lot more other features to be rolled out in the coming weeks!

I dislike polls.  Popularity contests or poor assumptions shouldn't hold the same weight as data.  To quote Opus from Bloom County "Just because a million people do a stupid thing doesn't mean it is not a stupid thing"

This site is excellent because most posts have data that backs up a statement.  We all (myself most of all) go off with predictions of our own beliefs about the future from time to time.  But the weight of data is what is steering our knowledge ship.

I think it is okay to make predictions and see how accurate they are over time.  I don't think people being polled about one particular idea at this site is very useful about future outcomes.