Social network to roll out polling feature

With Twitter Polls rolling out over the next few days on iOS, Android, and desktop web browsers, anyone will be able to create a question and two possible answers, along with a timeframe for responses.

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When the polling feature arrives, it’ll appear as an option in the compose box, alongside the existing geotag and photo upload buttons. Anyone will be able to create a poll, and anyone will be able to vote on those polls, though Twitter notes that individual voting records will be kept private.

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This is another step in Twitter breaking out of the 140-character text mold, as the company has added inline images, auto-playing videos, embedded quote tweets, and news article snapshots in recent years. There has been talk of Twitter expanding tweet text beyond 140 characters.