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Dem build Pol.is and True Causes both for plenti pipo wey dey tink about one question, and di two no dey show participants names. Dem dey answer different questions. Pol.is dey ask wetin dis crowd dey tink, and wia im groups gree? True Causes dey ask wetin dey cause wetin, and which causes dey deepest?
For Pol.is, pipo dey write short statements and vote agree, disagree or pass on oda pipo statements, wey dem dey show one by one. Den e dey group participants by how dem vote and e dey show which statements each group hold and which statements win agreement across groups. Reply button no dey. E be open source (AGPLv3), di nonprofit Computational Democracy Project dey run am since 2012, and pipo know am pass from vTaiwan, wia e help find di common ground wey dey behind Taiwan rules on ride-hailing.
| Pol.is | True Causes | |
|---|---|---|
| Question wey e dey answer | Wetin dis crowd dey tink? Wia im opinion groups gree? | Wetin dey cause wetin? Which causes dey deepest? |
| Wetin pipo dey do | Write short statements; vote agree / disagree / pass on oda pipo own | Evribodi dey write causes alone; den di group dey judge one pair at a time: dis cause get big hand for dat one? |
| Wetin dey comot | Opinion groups, and statements wey plenti pipo gree on | Map of causes, di deepest first, with evri disagreement wey still dey on am |
| Disagreement | E dey show as opinion groups | Link dey count at three quarters of di votes wey dem cast; dem dey publish divide as argument |
| Size | Tens of thousands for one conversation | Rooms of up to 100 pipo free; any number of rooms for one question, wey dem merge dia maps |
| Anonymity | No name; no replies | Nobodi get name inside room |
| Open source | Yes (AGPLv3) | 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 |
| Moderation | Moderators dey approve or remove comments | 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; model no dey remove anytin |
| Embedding | Conversations fit embed inside any page | Di map of room fit embed inside any page, live |
| Reports and export | Live report and data wey you fit export | Evri pair wey dem judge with im votes (CSV), evri claim (JSON), di map as picture or live embed |
| Conversation | None: na votes only, no replies | Short side discussion beside each card and each pair |
| Video | None | Video call for each group if you want (Jitsi), for Explain and Arrange; no accounts, nobodi dey record |
Wen you need know wia big public stand, and wia im camps overlap, bifor you decide sometin: policy consultation, local question wey get argument, sense of wetin population fit live with.
Wen problem dey come back again and again and di question na why. Agreement on statement no dey tell you whether e be cause or result; pair-by-pair map of influence dey tell you.
True Causes also get Priorities map, wey dey rank concerns by asking room, one pair at a time, which one matter pass. Dat one na di order wey small group tink well about, no be map of wia population stand; for di opinion groups of big public, na Pol.is be di tool.
Dem fit follow each oda. Pol.is fit show which problems population care about and gree on; den True Causes fit work out, with di pipo wey dey involved, which of dat problems dey drive di oda ones.
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