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  1. Poll: If I asked, would you send me your "Saved Stories"?

    Before I start on the project I wanted to ask this: would you be willing to send to me the first four pages (items 1 through 120) of your "Saved Stories"? Obviously this would take some effort on your behalf, but it's…

    82 points by RiderOfGiraffes 63 poll
  2. Poll: Which platforms do you develop for?

    I see a poll on similar lines "You and mobile development" asked two years back[1]. This would be an interesting exercise, given the rise and fall of platforms since. [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3014502

    82 points by sidi 64 poll
  3. Poll: What programming language do you use for your app/startup?

    Just trying to understand the top choices here at HN. Please pick any/all languages that you are using at your startup/side-project/day-job/learning. If you are using a framework, you can lump it into the respective…

    80 points by raheemm 121 poll
  4. Poll: Why are you staying at your job?

    If you aren't currently looking for new work, why are you staying at your current role?

    80 points by willcipriano 107 poll
  5. Poll: Full-time software engineer salaries in Berlin

    Base annual salary only, pre-tax. No options, shares, bonuses, adjustments for inflation, or benefits. As requested by zerr at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7108449. Here's the 2013 Bay Area salary poll:…

    80 points by peterjmag 96 poll
  6. Poll: HTML 5 or Native mobile development ?

    Which one will you prefer for mobile application development and why?

    80 points by linux_devil 105 poll
  7. Poll: Hacker News Person of the Year in Tech

    As per the names suggested in this Ask HN post - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6800515 - here is a poll listing all the names.

    80 points by RyanMcGreal 44 poll
  8. Poll: Do you want a smart watch?

    Trying to gauge the level of interest in smart watches among the Hacker News readership. Please upvote the poll when casting your vote.

    80 points by e15ctr0n 75 poll
  9. Poll: Do you encrypt your email?
    80 points by gnosis 97 poll
  10. Poll: Language Use

    I'm curious what languages you work in on a daily basis. I do not want this to turn into some kind of silly language flamewar, so please, none of that. Feel free to select however many you actually use. If you pick…

    79 points by Xichekolas 127 poll
  11. Poll: How old were you when you started programming?

    This would be an interesting supplement to the poll conducted two days ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2042320)

    79 points by drx 120 poll
  12. Poll: Is self-posting ok?

    There are some times where I'll write something that I feel would be of interest to HN. It always feels kind of self-congratulatory though. The rules don't mention this, so I'm assuming the guideline is "if it's…

    79 points by j_baker 34 poll
  13. Poll HN: What operating system do you primarily develop on?
    78 points by dennis-tra 153 poll
  14. Poll: Do you visit the 'new' section of Hacker News?

    Have been wondering this for quite a while, do people visit the new section, and what their reasons for going/not going are.

    78 points by ljf 45 poll
  15. Poll: How many people here use Reddit?

    I'm very curious about the cross connections between two very early adopting communities. Please only vote if you are really active on both.

    78 points by shandip 102 poll
  16. Poll: How much money have stock options brought you?
    77 points by GuiA 71 poll
  17. Poll: What are the gender demographics of HN?

    Hi HN, I had a great chat today with a researcher studying different online communities, their users, and their rules. During that discussion, it occurred to me that while HN does not specifically ask for gender in the…

    77 points by Pseudomanifold 86 poll
  18. Poll: Ban Valleywag?

    Several users have suggested we ban Valleywag, not for anything in particular that they write about, but because their articles are always such deliberate linkbait. I personally agree. In 99% of Valleywag articles, the…

    75 points by pg 102 poll
  19. Poll: What database does your startup use?

    I'm working on a startup that connects to databases. Interested in finding out what the most popular DBs are for HN users. Can't list em all so add others in comments to be voted up.

    74 points by daniel_levine 67 poll
  20. Poll: What OS do you use everyday, or most often?

    I am surprised nobody has submitted this poll, it's interesting to know anyway.

    74 points by btw0 130 poll
  21. Poll: What is your primary editor?
    74 points by pmoriarty 98 poll
  22. Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?
    73 points by olalonde 127 poll
  23. Poll: Male or Female?

    It's been over a year since a poll of this nature, and HN's landscape/size has significantly changed. I wonder if the predictions of more women coming have proved true (since the previous polls were significantly skewed…

    73 points by lukeqsee 67 poll
  24. Poll: What would you pay for a SF SV Startup Shuttle?

    Many SV commuters work in offices without a peninsula shuttle service. Naturally, some are jealous of the fancy buses of the Apples and Googles and all the amenities (wifi, gadget charging etc) that caltrain lacks...…

    73 points by jhuckestein 44 poll
  25. Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN

    Sometimes it's difficult to find stuff on HN because of the usual problem of extracting semantics from plain text. The idea of "tags" helps with this problem, but has problems of its own. Regardless of whether there's…

    72 points by RiderOfGiraffes 97 poll