Abstract: The present embodiments relate to initiating an electronic group conversation or “poll.” According to certain aspects, the group conversation or poll may have an associated topic, a set of choices for the topic, and a set of participants, which may be specified by a user or dynamically determined based on various contextual factors. An electronic device may display the group conversation by indicating the topic and the set of participants, and displaying the set of choices as a set of graphical, interactive user-interface objects. The set of participants may view the group conversation to make selections and input messages, among other functionalities.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to facilitating an electronic group conversation or “poll.” According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display the group conversation or poll by indicating a topic and a set of participants. The electronic device may also display a set of choices for the topic as a set of graphical, interactive user-interface objects. A participant may use the electronic device to make selections and input messages, among other functionalities. The electronic device may reflect these selections and messages by modifying the set of graphical, interactive user-interface objects according to various techniques and parameters.