Ah yeah, says Mat, kicking himself, linking to the poll on metaquotes will get you lots of votes from people you've never heard of. D'oh!

it's a good idea to at least tell the person they're about to be exposed to a huge audience
I've been known to, it depends on circumstances. I don't to Mark because he's already said he deosn't mind and he reads the community.
And link to the post, not the journal, even if it is FO,
That I'll agree to completely, I normally try to both link and title the anchor, cos I'm a good little html junkie.