Method of sharing multi-media content among users in a global computer network

A method comprising:

• generating, by the one or more processors, a user network comprising a plurality of user accounts in communication with one another, wherein each of the user accounts corresponds to one or more of a plurality of users;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, a plurality of multi-media entries from the plurality of users;
• associating, by the one or more processors, each multi-media entry with a user account, from the plurality of user accounts;
• organizing, by the one or more processors, the multi-media entries in a competitive format based on categories of the multi-media entries;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, feedback from one or more users with respect to one or more multi-media entries, wherein the feedback for one multi-media entry is independent of the feedback with respect to another multi-media entry;
• establishing, by the one or more processors, a ranking of the multi-media entries within the competitive format as a function of the feedback;
• and
• displaying the ranking of the multi-media entries.

A method for sharing multi-media content among a plurality of users in a computer network comprising:

• creating a plurality of user accounts, each of the user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of interactive features including a first feature that permits the user to upload the multi-media content to the computer network;
• forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts and to the uploaded multi-media content via the computer network;
• categorizing the uploaded multi-media content in accordance with the subject matter of the uploaded multi-media content;
• organizing the uploaded multi-media content in a competitive format;
• and
• establishing a hierarchy for the uploaded multi-media content within the competitive format as a function of a competitive measurement system;
• wherein the competitive measurement system comprises;
• enabling the users to rate one of a plurality of multimedia content for each one of a plurality of competitive rounds;
• and
• ranking a position in the hierarchy for the uploaded multimedia content based on ratings of the users.