How to create surveys on Facebook from your mobile

First it was Twitter. Then came Instagram and now Facebook. We refer to the surveys that, apparently, have become the culmination of recent social activities. And it is that everyone is asking what they should do, what they like best or testing the opinion of the people. Some even raise fun hobbies with this feature. Well, now the social network with the most followers in the world is taking the leap. Facebook now allows you to take surveys directly from its mobile applicationThis is how they are built, step by step.

The first is the first

Facebook officially announced the arrival of surveys to its social network a couple of days ago. However, you may not have them yet due to their staggered rollout. There is no way to speed up the process. However, you can prepare your mobile for the arrival of this function. To do this you only have to make sure you have the latest version of Facebook on your mobile Download the latest update from Google Play or the App Store to access the surveys.

After that you just have to wait to see this new function when you click on the text box where the status updates are written. That is, at the beginning of the wall where things like “What are you thinking?” are usually read. If the contents list includes surveys, you can start asking your questions to friends and followers.

Text, photos, GIF, anything goes

Once we select the surveys, a new writing screen appears. Although the style is similar to normal posts, we found some differences. The first thing that appears is a text space to pose the survey. Here we can write a question to give two possible answers, or present a thesis with two options. Two and only two At least for the moment.

After writing this question, it's time to do the same with the answers. Here Facebook offers quite a bit of creative freedom. First, write the yes and no, or the two possible options that agree with the proposed thesis. Later, if desired, they can be decorated. As decoration we can use photographs or GIF animations You just have to choose which of the two contents, and choose between the mobile gallery or search directly on the Internet.

It is in this same customization option where you can play the most or be creative with this function. So, for sure, in the coming weeks we will find all kinds of crazy surveys with the most expressive animations. A whole utility to get the active participation of followers.

Another interesting point is the possibility to plan the duration of the survey By default we find the options: 1 day, 1 week, Never or Custom. So we can configure the survey so that it is present on our wall for as long as we want.

Checking results

Facebook notifies us of each vote that joins our survey. Of course, it does not show the results until the survey ends. We can vote in our poll ourselves and see what the response rate is to date.

However, the most interesting thing is to compare results. Although it is not very intuitive, we can scrutinize our own polls by clicking on the word votes. Here, in two different tabs, the users who have voted for each option are differentiated and listed It is possible to check who has voted what before the survey ends.