The invention provides a method and system for aggregating and pooling
information with feedback in a computer communication system. A
communication system includes a server device and a set of client
devices. Each client device collects information from an associated
individual (whether by asking questions of those individuals, or
accepting data input from peripheral devices), and transmits that data to
a server device. The server device, or some other device at its behest,
determines statistical information with regard to that data (such as
aggregate, correlation, dispersion, or other measures), and provides that
information to a communication channel for distribution to the
individuals. The communication channel can include either (1) a broadcast
communication channel that members of an affinity group can display, or
(2) redistributing the determined statistical measures to associated
individuals using the client devices. The statistical measure (such as an
aggregate or sum) can be computed and distributed for the entire
population, or can be computed and compared for selected sub-populations
as a contest.