Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods can produce an informed consensus among multiple different opinions or preferences that can be presented in social media posts and online polls. Such an informed consensus can identify an opinion, assertion, and/or decision from among a plurality of different opinions, and can do so in a way that is more accurate, reliable, and representative of group preferences. The method can include receiving poll results having a first group and a second group, receiving comments to the poll, and identifying, based on reactions to the comments and the poll results, a comment associated with users of the second group as a critical comment, and bringing this comment to attention of users in the first group. The method can also include determining, based on the responses of users who saw or did not see the critical comment, the deliberative consensus or informed consensus of the poll.