System for managing exploration and consumption of digital content in connection with a physical article

A system providing for the contribution, management, exploration and consumption of digital content in connection with printed content provided in a physical article, the system comprising:

• a server configured to communicate and exchange data with one or more computing devices over a network, the server comprising a hardware processor coupled to non-transitory, computer-readable memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the server to:
• store, in a database, a plurality of user accounts, each user account comprising user-contributed digital content associated with respective printed content provided in a physical article, the user-contributed digital content having successfully undergone a content moderation process;
• receive, from a computing device, a request for access to user-contributed digital content of one of the user accounts, the request comprising image data captured via a camera of the computing device, the image data including one or more unique identifiers associated with printed content in the physical article;
• process the request to identify a user account and user-contributed digital content associated with the printed content in the physical article;
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• provide the requesting computing device with access to the user-contributed digital content upon a positive identification.