Facilitating user voting for future game content in an online game

A method for gauging user interest in new content for an online game, the method being implemented in one or more physical processors configured to execute computer programs, the method comprising:

• executing an instance of an online game, and using the instance of the online game to generate state information that is transmitted to client computing platforms associated with users over a network, the game state information facilitating presentation of views of a virtual space of the online game to the users via the client computing platforms, wherein execution of the instance of the online game further enables participation of the users with at least one of the online game or each other by performing operations in the instance of the online game in response to commands received over the network from the client computing platforms associated with the users;
• managing user accounts associated with the individual users, the user accounts comprising user parameters related to the individual users such that the user accounts include a first user account associated with a first user, the first user account indicating a value of a voting power parameter for the first user;
• determining the value of the voting power parameter for the first user based on gameplay interaction with the virtual space by the first user;
• effectuating presentation of user interfaces to the users of information related to multiple different sets of potential future game content for the online game, the sets of potential future game content including a first set of potential future game content and a second set of potential future game content;
• receiving, via the user interfaces, user votes for individual ones of the sets of potential future game content, wherein a user vote by the first user costs the first user an amount of the voting power parameter;
• and
• selecting one of the sets of potential future game content based on the received user votes, wherein a first set of potential future game content is selected from the sets of potential future game content based on the received user votes;
• determining rewards for distribution to a portion of the individual users that voted for the set of potential future game content selected based on the received user votes;
• and
• distributing a first reward to a virtual inventory of the first user for voting for the first set of potential future game content but not to a second user for not voting for the first set of future potential game content.