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feature request (surveys) - remove `:` from open-ended multiple choice questions

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enhancement feature/surveys
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Description

Feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem?

when adding an open-ended option to a select/mc survey, : is always appended to the question, with no option to remove it:

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Describe the solution you'd like

suggestion: don't do this, allow customers to add : if they want it

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- [ ] PostHog Cloud, Debug information: [please copy/paste from https://us.posthog.com/settings/project-details#variables]
- [ ] PostHog Hobby self-hosted with `docker compose`, version/commit: [please provide]
- [ ] PostHog self-hosted with Kubernetes (deprecated, see [`Sunsetting Kubernetes support`](https://posthog.com/blog/sunsetting-helm-support-posthog)), version/commit: [please provide]

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Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the survey open-ended multiple-choice question rendering, then verify how the colon is added. Done means the colon is no longer appended automatically while customers can still include one in their own question text.

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Assessment

Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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