Type of business Private Founded May, 2011 | Available in English Area served Worldwide | |
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona , United States Key people Craig Quiter, Co-Founder
Alexander Karandreas, Co-Founder
Robert Vinciguerra, CEO |
Wepolls Is a social polling network launched on 1 May 2011 with $10,000 in angel investments. It is also marketed as a polling tool for Reddit.
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Wepolls allows any user to create a poll and share it on other social media outlets, such as Facebook, Reddit, Google+, and StumbleUpon. Website developers can also embed a Wepolls poll into any HTML page, similar to products developed by PollDaddy.
On the Wepolls social network, users gather based around beliefs. The site has the ability for a user to follow other users (like Twitter) or friend them (like Facebook).
Content delivery on Wepolls uses a feature called a "roll." The site's software suggests polls and comments to a user based on their voting patterns, and who they have friended or followed.
The use of a feature called the "blurb," users can also share videos, images, and websites.
2012 Republican Primaries
On 15 December 2012 Wepolls hosted an "alternative" Republican Primary Debate between three national candidates often excluded from televised debates. These included Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, and political activist Fred Karger. According to a vote by Wepolls users, Gary Johnson won the debate.