Neat idea.

And what happens if you want to do your own poll?

I say if you're too lazy to start a poll, then you just don't get one.

Quoting Rander:

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While the basic idea is good, I think it would create a problem when the "requester" haven't thought through the request, resulting in a debate that might end up in a completely different solution to the problem at hand.

So, what do you vote for? The original request or the solution the discussions ends with?

I think Rander has a point here, still the mandatory poll seems like a good idea, provided the requester takes care of "his/her" poll.
Possibly the option "Other (Please Explain)" is missing, which then would indicate that there is a discussion about the request.

you can change your vote in a poll so the idea changing through discussion isn't really a problem. And thats an issue even if the user creates the poll. Plus that actually occurs now because someone might be like 'thats a dumb idea' and then after discussion be 'thats a great idea'.

Its probably a good idea however for the OP to update their first post with the modified idea so that is always at the top. but the original post should probably be kept, so something like

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Modified Feature Request
new idea gets put here

Original post
leave the original post here so the thought flow isn't lost

though no way to really enforce that standard

as far as the poll, wording on the poll always becomes an issue. This solves that and gauges interest. You could also make it so the standard poll only gets added if the user does not create a poll of his/her own. Or have an second option next to make this a Poll that is "Add a standard poll". However I think the standard poll would probably be more efficient to gauge interest because a lot of polls now are just yes or no, with the occasional I don't care. And the wording is not always that simple and someone always says you left out this option or that option.

You don't have to vote, if Ken can see how many people chose the "Skip this option" then he can get a good idea for those that want it, those that dont (along with how they rate it), and those with no opinion. If not, then instead of other I would suggest 'No Opinion" because if i want to comment on the idea its known by my post I don't need to vote so people know I have other thoughts

-Agrare