Since social networks appeared, these were progressively evolving and adapting to each of our lives, social media is used for different purposes, either to communicate with family or friends who are not close, as well as for develop digital content, be posting images, videos, etc. Among these social networks we find Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and one of the largest, Instagram.
What is Instagram?
Instagram is one of the favorite platforms for content developers, its main function is to allow its users to develop content and interact within the application, loading content as possible Photos, videos, reels, Temporary or featured stories, all these functions with the plus that you can edit them with the Instagram filter store.
Since 2010 when it came to light, this platform used to be a photography tool, but over time it evolved and became the the largest visual social network Worldwide, with its eye-catching and creative functions, This has led to many Instagram-loving people, fun to be able to interact with your posts or stories, where can we comment, ask questions and vote.
How Instagram polls work
The social network of the moment on photography and videos has achieved a greater reach and offering a way to improve the experience of the users of the application; Thus, polls are created, a tool that allows you to be useful to consult your audience (in case of being a company or business) or to see what your friends and family think about a topic.
To be able to create a survey on Instagram you must first open the application and go to upload a story; being there, select the photo or background to take, soon open sticker tab and click survey. Now, to complete the survey you put the question to consult, then you put the answer options you want (both in number and in interpretation).
it should be noted that polls can only be posted to your stories, not like a post; so they will have a maximum duration of 24 hours on your account; What's more, allows you to ask simple questions with only two answer options, like 'yes and no’ or compare between one thing and another.
Surveys don't just allow one person to decide, but with them you can share curious data, ask questions to see how well prepared your audience is, evaluate it and other modalities; so that this tool has been an incredible success for companies and companies already consolidated at a global level.
Results of the test
Once you have the vote available, you can do it without any problem, both voting and voting on your Instagram stories, you can also manage them, You can do this when you want to check who has seen your stories, if we enter this option we will be able to see a small menu where it will show us the result of both options and who of our followers has voted for the options.
The voting results will be available the 24 hours that the published history is up to date, so you can review it and be aware of your results.
How to vote on an Instagram story
It is very easy to be able to participate in an Instagram poll or story. We will teach you a simple methodology that is applied in the same way for all devices and versions of the application.
- Open your Instagram and go to a story with a poll
- There you hold down the screen to stop the story
- You read the question and the answer options.
- Then you just need to press the alternative you consider based on the question
- Clever, your vote will be recorded automatically
Why can't i vote?
Instagram has one of the most attractive and interesting functions for its users, what are their stories, these are widely used by those who use the platform a lot, in it we have variety of options to use, either like republishing a story, In the same way, it works like deleting the messages that reply to you in Instagram stories..
One of these functions is polls, through them we can ask anything to the people who see our stories, this is widely used when making dynamics, since seeing the answers of these surveys is super simple, to do so we can launch only the survey or also use the voting option, where we can place two options for our followers to give their opinion.
How to fix this app problem
However, There are times when we have a problem with Instagram and that is that it does not allow us to participate in a vote, perhaps you can think that it is because the voting option is somewhat small, but in the same way if the vote is large, when pressing we also have the problem of not being able to vote, then we will tell you how can you vote in them in case you don't know:
- First we must check if our version of Instagram has available this option, We can verify when uploading a story, sliding up that Instagram allows us, if we have the voting element, It means that we can both start a vote as well as vote in that of our friends that we follow.
- In case you do not have this function, we recommend that you update Instagram to its latest version.
- After having updated Instagram, let's re-check this option by going to our stories, also going to the specific story where we want to participate in your vote, you simply have to select any of the two options that you like the most, just pressing and you're done, once you do it will be permanent, You can only vote once.
- In an extreme case where it is impossible to participate in a vote, either because you can't do it or you don't have the function, We recommend that you open your Instagram session on another mobile, if you do not have this problem on the other phone, you should report this bug to support from Instagram, since it could be an error of your account that has this function blocked for some reason.
How to vote in an Instagram poll that is not seen
Surveys on Instagram usually are visible to the followers of the account that publishes them, these cannot be specified to share with a certain number of people, unless it is defined in your followers.
This means that if there is a survey that you do not see or does not appear, it is because it is an account that is in private mode or that you do not follow. Therefore, if you want to participate in these surveys, The main thing is to check that you follow the account or if it is not private; otherwise you must give it ‘follow’ to the user who published it; then wait for them to accept your follow-up request and then if you will see it among their stories.
How to remove my vote in an Instagram poll
However, if you are a person who instinctively checks the stories of your followers and answers surveys by inertia; We clarify that once you have voted you will not be able to reverse the operation, regardless of whether you did it accidentally or you made a mistake in choosing option.
Therefore you must be very aware when you go to vote, so that you do not make this mistake that has not yet been solved and that most likely there is no way to remedy it. This is because the surveys on Instagram are made to know the likes, preferences, knowledge and other aspects of users, so you should be vigilant when you are going to participate in an important survey or evaluate your performance; since you will not be able to reverse the execution of the vote.
What you can do is delete a message in the open questions (where do you write the answer); in this sense if the operation can be reversed. First you go to the profile, then to the configuration; then go to the answers, hold down the one you're going to delete, then press' delete’ and ready, nothing has happened.
