Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for social control and use of an Internet of Things (IoT) device, comprising an actuator, one or more mobile devices, and a control server. The actuator is arranged or disposed in a public or common space. The one or more mobile devices comprises a social control user interface (UI), which includes a voting function. The control server comprises a preference aggregation engine for deriving a consensus by aggregating vote(d) values from the one or more mobile devices, and a device control command generating unit for generating a device control command based on the consensus. Other embodiments are described and shown.