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Let users suggest, then vote among questions or ideas

By Andrew Chavez on October 9, 2009

Google Moderator lets your users suggest ideas or questions then vote among them

Google Moderator lets your users suggest ideas or questions then vote among them

Google Moderator lets you create polls where users can decide between competing questions, suggestions or ideas.

Except it’s different than a traditional poll in that you, the creator, don’t have to provide the ideas for users to choose among. Instead, the tool harnesses the power of the crowd to create the ideas and to moderate the forum and reach a consensus. The White House used the tool in March to solicit questions for the president to answer during a Town Hall meeting.

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Andrew Chavez

Andrew Chavez serves as a media specialist for the Schieffer School of Journalism at Texas Christian University and is enrolled in the school’s graduate journalism program. He also serves as digital manager for the Texas Center for Community Journalism at TCU and is a freelance writer and photographer. Before joining the Schieffer School as a media specialist, he worked at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as the night police reporter. He is a former editor of the TCU Daily Skiff and a 2008 graduate of the Schieffer School.

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