Design a LinkedIn poll that reveals a real signal, not just clicks

TOPIC OR QUESTION
Whether teams should require a written doc before any feature kickoff

AUDIENCE
Product managers and engineering leads following me

WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO LEARN
Whether "written doc first" is still the norm or if teams have moved on

POLL DURATION YOU'RE CONSIDERING
1 week

TYPICAL REACH ON YOUR POSTS
Usually 3,000-5,000 impressions within the first 48 hours

WHY MOST LINKEDIN POLLS COLLECT CLICKS AND ZERO SIGNAL
LinkedIn polls allow 2-4 answer options, each limited to 30 characters, running for a duration you set from 1 day up to 2 weeks. A poll only pays off if the result distribution tells you something you didn't already know — a poll where the outcome is obvious before a single vote comes in ("Do you value good communication? Yes / Obviously yes") collects easy clicks but zero real signal, and audiences increasingly call this pattern out as manipulative in the comments, which costs more credibility than the engagement was worth.

DELIVER THREE VARIANTS
For each of three distinct poll question phrasings on Whether teams should require a written doc before any feature kickoff, give 2-4 options that create genuine tension — meaning a reasonably informed member of Product managers and engineering leads following me could plausibly land on more than one option, not a poll where the overwhelming majority will obviously pick the same answer before reading the others.

FOR EACH VARIANT
1. State what a specific result split would actually tell you — for example, what a 70/30 lean toward one option would reveal about Product managers and engineering leads following me's real position, distinct from what a near-even four-way split would reveal. These two outcomes should teach you genuinely different things, not the same conclusion phrased two ways.
2. Confirm each option is literal and specific enough to stand as a real answer on its own — no option should require a mental "it depends" qualifier to make sense; if an option needs a caveat to be chosen honestly, rewrite it or split it into two options.

BAIT CHECK
Flag any variant that's really engagement bait dressed as a poll — one with an obvious "correct" answer everyone converges on, or where every option restates the same underlying opinion in different words — and provide a rewritten version that restores genuine tension, rather than just noting the problem and leaving it unfixed.

DURATION AND SAMPLE NOTE
Given Usually 3,000-5,000 impressions within the first 48 hours, state whether 1 week is long enough to reach a meaningful sample before drawing a conclusion, and whether a shorter or longer window would change what the results actually mean — a poll on a fast-moving news topic and a poll on an evergreen debate don't need the same duration to produce a reliable signal.

OUTPUT
The three variants with their options, the "what a specific split would tell you" note for each, the bait check result (with a rewrite if flagged), and the duration recommendation.