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While some Tumblr users disliked polls, they became very popular and were used across the site in a variety of ways. Some were primarily not fannish, like a poll inviting tumblr users to make a cake by voting on ingredients, which became a [[meme]] after the majority of users voted for vanilla extract. However, the poll system has been widely used for fan use. Sometimes this is relatively simple, such as allowing people to vote for favorite characters, [[ships]], or specific books or episodes within a [[canon]]. Some uses are a less straightforward like having people vote to choose their favorite brief [[not!fic]] or [[headcanons]], voting on infamous fanfiction, or voting on a character's favorite drink.  

While some Tumblr users disliked polls, they became very popular and were used across the site in a variety of ways. Some were primarily not fannish, like a poll inviting tumblr users to make a cake by voting on ingredients, which became a [[meme]] after the majority of users voted for vanilla extract. However, the poll system has been widely used for fan use. Sometimes this is relatively simple, such as allowing people to vote for favorite characters, [[ships]], or specific books or episodes within a [[canon]]. Some uses are a less straightforward like having people vote to choose their favorite brief [[not!fic]] or [[headcanons]], voting on infamous fanfiction, or voting on a character's favorite drink.  

The most noteworthy fan use of Tumblr polls is to create blogs devoted to multi-round [[Wikipedia:Bracket (tournaments)|bracket tournaments]]. The tournaments might compare ships (example: [[mfshipbracket]]), characters (example: [[eldestsiblingtournament]]), or [[fandoms]].

The most noteworthy fan use of Tumblr polls is to create blogs devoted to multi-round [[Wikipedia:Bracket (tournaments)|bracket tournaments]]. The tournaments might compare ships (example: [[mfshipbracket]]), characters (example: [[eldestsiblingtournament]]), or [[fandoms]]. It's common for bracket-runners to refuse submissions of [[RPF|real people]], [[MCYT]], and [[Harry Potter]] or [[problematic]] fandoms.<ref>For example, [https://archive.vn/iogyW this submissions post] (archived April 30th) from the "Evil MILF Tournament" asks for no Minecraft Youtubers and no Harry Potter.</ref>

==Common Tumblr Terms==

==Common Tumblr Terms==