founder intro: building blankpoll to rethink how we vote online
Hey everyone,
I’m Sergey, one of the co-founders behind blankpoll, a new kind of opinion platform.
Here is my Linkedin profile for anyone looking to network.
A bit of backstory:
blankpoll started with a simple frustration:
We have infinite content & hot takes online, but no structured way to actually know what people think - or to express it ourselves in a way that counts.
We saw it clearly during the last US presidential election. Platforms like x.com became algorithm-driven echo chambers; a few viral influencers shaped what millions saw and thought. Real consensus was hard to see. Opinions felt gamed, not gathered.
And it’s not just the US.
In Europe, there’s no independent, modern platform where Gen Z - or anyone - can weigh in at scale.
Surveys feel outdated. Polls feel buried. Meanwhile, 700M+ people carry the internet in their pockets.
So we built blankpoll.
A gamified opinion platform where anyone can vote on real issues, predict what’s next, and see how their views stack up - in real time. No comment wars. No influencers skewing the feed. Just raw sentiment, from the crowd.
We’ve launched our MVP, and now I’m here to learn.
If you're Gen Z - or just chronically online - how do you express your opinion today?
Would you use a platform like this? What features would you want to see?
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This sounds really cool but couldn't such polls be skewed by audience biases, I'm curious what the objective behind this concept would be, is it to capture raw public sentiment? If so, is it not already skewed by the issue of it being shaped by popular figures from other platforms?
Hey @dheerajdotexe, great question!
When we looked at the tools available across the EU and UK, we realised most polls today are surface-level, biased & disappear fast. They’re buried in comment threads, skewed by whoever shouts the loudest, or stuck in outdated survey tools no one under 30 wants to use.
What we do is we use ai to track what the world is talking about - across news, culture, business, and politics; and instantly turn those signals into high-quality, engaging polls.
So people don’t just vote - they predict outcomes, compare themselves to the crowd & build a reputation for being early and right. it’s gamified, rewarding, and habit-forming.
on the b2b side, we give brands and creators seamless tools to launch branded polls in seconds, collect structured sentiment from their audience, and tap into a growing network of active voters. Think of it as plug-and-play opinion infrastructure - built for live insight, not static dashboards.
But to answer your question - yeah, bias exists. but we don’t ignore it - we make it visible, design around it, and give people better tools to understand it. This isn’t just about polling. We’re already experimenting with a few more ideas to see what delivers the most value for both consumers and businesses.