Suggestion: Deprecate old poll style
IstoraMandiri opened this issue · comments
Now that Front Matter is supported and includes polls, to simplify documentation and standardize usage, it may be worth deprecating (and/or dropping from the documentation) the ability to use the original poll format. I.e.
Do not recommend this version
What is your favorite color?
( ) Red
( ) Blue
( ) Green
Instead, only show / support this version
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poll:
- Red
- Blue
- Green
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What is your favorite color?
I disagree with removing the old body syntax for polls -- in fact, we even have an issue open to look at adding body syntax for media as well, which was pulled out of the original frontmatter thread: #200
I'm leaning towards deprecating the current poll style, too, for the sake of lowering complexity and maintenance. I think it's simple enough to document how to add polls with front-matter. The original idea for ^
came before we discussed front-matter, I could live without that as well. I think it will become more clear that way. And as we define a syntax to define a tweet, keeping it simple and well tested will make it more likely for other projects to pick it up as well, which would be pretty great.