Matt, there are polls that are not easy to spike, since they use IP as ID.
And also it seems that users here are not as vicious as in some online places.

The idea behind the poll is to try to get more or less accurate number of users who want certain features. It seems that mostly pro-active members are responding here, but views are higher.... So pressing 1 button for three choices Yes/No/Neutral could give PG clear picture on what type of updates are more desirable by users to implement.

Filtering through many threads, seems that they (PG dev. people) are keeping secrecy, probably copycatting manners of good dead Steve Jobs. But on the other hand, if they do not do proper updates, people (including me) would not pay for updates. At least not as often as they might want.

So poll can work well in two way road.