Since this project is about the election, it shouldn’t be run privately. When I said coordinators shouldn’t earn money by the project I meant they shouldn’t be able to change the project to their financial benefit. It’s probably required that users open accounts with their national IDs to protect the platform against fake accounts.
This project is the Green Party’s initiative and will be run by them but it doesn’t mean people with different perspectives are omitted. I’ll contact the Guardian because of its stance on environmental issues. This makes it the obvious choice. However, competition between different viewpoints is critical in any project. It’s important to make sure the environment is set in such a way to ensure the competition is healthy and productive. The objective of this competition is not to omit one another but to evolve the project.
It was said that posts on this platform are in the form of events. Meaning that event creators can specify the structure of events. Two main things should be specified by them:
A) The governance model: How the event is being moderated and governed. In the dictatorship model, the owner of the event can omit posts at will and can block anyone they wish, etc. but that’s not the only governance model. The variety of governance options is good for the public and educates them on how small communities can be governed. New models may be added later on by developers along the way. The formula for earning points is specified in the governance model. So there is no universal formula for that purpose. This makes some events more popular for users to participate in. However, the owner can decide that he/she collects all the points themselves. To clarify, there is a universal formula that specifies how many points each event gets (based on people’s activities in the event, etc) and then the governance model specifies how those points will be distributed.
B) Structure of updates and users’ contributions: It’s very important how data is presented. The easiest method is when people write comments one after another. This is not the most efficient way to present data. The way data is presented specifies how it can be evolved. So there will be different layout options for event creators. Again more formats can be added later on.
UPDATE 1:
This is not a complex project. It consists of two sections: A) for users and B) for companies to add offerings
There are 5 main modules in the first section:
1) voting module – it involves governance mechanisms
2) searching (events, offerings, people) – it includes tag assignment mechanism
3) layout module
4) reward module including payments, etc – optionally can contain the functionality to sell and buy points
5) various functionalities (profile setting, etc)
UPDATE 2:
An important part of the project is the economy of donation. People shouldn’t randomly press the donate button whenever they see an update. That’s as if they have limited capital to donate. If they keep donating their donations will be less and less valuable due to inflation.