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Frankly na open-source platform wey base on video for constructive dialogue and collaborative decision-making, wey Harvard Applied Social Media Lab for di Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society dey run and wey dem develop togeda with Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig. Dem build am for conversations wey facilitator dey run across differences, with templates for different kain events and flexible facilitation options. Dem open im code for 2025.
Dem build True Causes around different product: no be di conversation, but map. Pipo dey write causes alone, den dem dey decide one pair at a time whether one cause get big hand for anoda one, and link dey count only wen three quarters gree.
| Frankly | True Causes | |
|---|---|---|
| Wetin e be | Platform for video dialogue wey facilitator dey run | Structured method to find causes, wey dey run online |
| How pipo dey take part | Live video conversation, wey facilitator dey run | Writing and voting at each pesin own pace; video call for each group if you want |
| Wetin dey comot | Di conversation and wetin di group take from am | Map of causes, di deepest first, with evri disagreement wey still dey on am |
| Names | Participants dey meet for video | Nobodi get name inside room |
| Open source | Yes | We dey host am, e no be open source. Di results dey open: pesin fit read and download di map of public room, evri claim (JSON) and evri pair wey dem judge with im vote counts (CSV) without account |
| Group matching | Algorithm dey match pipo for breakout groups wey different | Dem dey share groups by lot, mixed by perspective wia members give one |
| Facilitation | Prompts wey dey inside; facilitation options wey no need host | Di stages dey carry di process; coordinator dey close dem, or clock dey do am. One course dey teach coordinators di method |
| Ideas and voting | To submit ideas, voting, polls and surveys | Cards, five stickers each to make shortlist, den one pair at a time at three quarters |
| Moderation | Discussion wey moderator dey run | AI reading bifor card or turn post, if you want am; if e be like attack on pesin, na only di pesin wey write am dem go tell and na im go decide |
| Languages | Translation; Spanish and Chinese | Plenti languages: di interface dey in 57 languages; cards wey dey come from rooms for oda languages dey get translation, and dem dey keep di original |
| Export | Data export | Evri pair wey dem judge with im votes (CSV), evri claim (JSON), di map as picture or live embed |
Wen di goal na di conversation itself: pipo wey no gree dey meet, dey listen, and dey understand each oda, with facilitator and clear format.
Wen di goal na shared account of di causes of one problem wey di group don certify, and wey dem fit compare across plenti groups and publish.
We check am for September 2026. Product names belong to dia owners. If anytin here about anoda product don old or e no fair, write to hello@mg.truecauses.org and we go correct am.
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