I really don't understand why almost every single thread has some sort of useless poll with most of the answers just some variation of the previous option or don't allow the voter to disagree with the poll/thread.
Yeah a lot of threads have polls that don't really affect the thread much or don't even make sense due to the options like you explained, but they don't really do any harm either. I vote in some, but just bypass most.
I don't see the point. Why post a poll just because you can. The whole "Do you agree or not?" thing is the whole point of the forums, so polls on like 9/10 of the threads here are unnecessary. They harm in the sense that people constantly misusing something is annoying.
Oh no, I agree. Nearly all of them are pointless because like you said, why not just discuss your opinions since you are going to anyway even if you vote on a poll. I just mean I hardly notice them now because they are typically fruitless and I'd rather just explain myself compared to the forced options in said poll.
You're right. Polls should be used to tally the votes between a set of options for a constructive gain, not to pick between "1) This is the most amazing thing anyone has ever thought of", or "2) I don't like it because I'm a dumb face" as seems to be the case many times.
Quite often the choices are a bit ridiculous, but even then, meh, I don't let it bother me.
You have to pick your battles with forums. I know from experience that excessive poll creation is the least of your worries when managing a forum.