System and method for user polling over a network

A server system for user polling, the server system comprising:

• one or more communication interfaces configured to send and receive data including data received from networked components external to said server system;
• one or more physical non-transitory computer-readable storage media configured to store data;
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• one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one or more processors, cause the server system to perform acts comprising:
• maintain, on at least one of said one or more computer-readable storage media or on at least one of said one or more memory devices, a list of one or more existing request posts associated with content on a broadcasting platform, said existing request posts having been posted by one or more users associated with said broadcasting platform;
• receive, via at least one of said one or more communication interfaces, a new request post from another user associated with said broadcasting platform, said new request post associated with content on said broadcasting platform;
• receive, via at least one of said one or more communication interfaces, votes from a group of users, said group of users including any of said one or more users, said another user, and other non-posting users associated with said broadcasting platform, said votes being associated with at least one of said one or more existing request posts and said new request post;
• determining a score, for said existing request posts and for said new request post, according to a function that includes said votes received from said group of users;
• monitoring one or more social media platforms identifiable with at least some of said group of users for positive responses to lobbying posts by a user from said at least some of said group of users, said lobbying posts comprising calls for support, said lobbying posts being associated with one of said request posts for which a vote was received associated with said user;
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• in response to receiving said positive responses, determining a weight for increasing said score for said one of said request posts, said weight based on a quantity of said positive responses.

One or more physical non-transitory machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• maintaining, on one or more memory devices, a list of one or more existing request posts related to content on a broadcasting platform, said existing request posts associated with one or more users of said broadcasting platform;
• receive, via one or more communication interfaces, a new request post from another user associated with said broadcasting platform, said new request post related to content on said broadcasting platform;
• receive, via at least one of said one of said one or more communication interfaces, votes from a group of users, said group of users including any of said one or more users, said another user, and other non-posting users associated with said broadcasting platform, each of said votes being associated with at least one of said one or more existing request posts and said new request post;
• determining, via at least one of said one or more processors, a score for said existing request posts and for said new request post, according to a function that includes said votes received from said group of users;
• monitoring one or more social media platforms identifiable with at least some of said group of users for positive responses to lobbying posts by a user from said at least some of said group of users, said lobbying posts comprising calls for support, said lobbying posts being associated with one of said request posts for which a vote was received associated with said user;
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• in response to receiving said positive responses, determining a weight for increasing said score for said one of said request posts, said weight based on a quantity of said positive responses.