Hello!

We haven't done one of these before but I thought it might be a good idea to start a community discussion about one of our rules. We've had several poll-the-audience posts in the last few days. (See this post on DACA as an example.) Even though such posts are against the rules (posts here should be questions to which there are specific, factual answers), they've generally engendered good responses and so we've kept them up.

What I'd love to do is discuss this rule with the community. It essentially boils down to one question: Do you think these types of posts should be allowed? Or should we step up enforcement on them? We are personally ambivalent on this issue, so community feedback would be nice. All opinions are valid, so feel free to give your thoughts on this particular rule.

If you think these types of posts should be allowed: What limitations would you want to put on them so this subreddit doesn't become a clone of r/politicaldiscussion or full of a ton of "DAE Think this??"-type posts? If you don't think they should be allowed: do you think there might generally be room for posts that are more discussion-based, or do you think the strict questions-and-answers nature should be strongly preserved? Just some things to think about!