Abstract: A computer network such as the World Wide Web, private intranet, or the like provides for creating a community of users. Periodically one or more topics are presented on a network site. Users can upload content, such as video files, audio files, pictures, text files, and the like relating to a topic to share with other users. User can also indicate whether they have personally experienced a particular topic and/or whether they desire to experience a particular topic. In some embodiments, a companion program, such as a television show, radio show, podcast, or the like also provides users the ability to review content posted by other users.

Abstract: A method for conducting a contest over a network, the method that comprises displaying a plurality of spaces on a screen of a computer of a user, wherein the spaces are pre-designated for a contest answer that comprises a phrase, wherein the phrase comprises a plurality of letters, each letter corresponding to one of the spaces; revealing the letters in each space during a duration of the contest, the letters being revealed at time intervals during duration; receiving a user answer at a server computer, the contest answer being received from the computer of the user via a network; comparing the user answer with the contest to determine if the user answer is correct; determining a submission time of the user's contest answer; and determining whether the user answer is a winning answer based on the determination of whether the user answer was correct and the submission time.