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auryn-macmillan / DAOForum

Discussion on specifications and design of a forum for the DAO being created by slock.it

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Initial concept idea discussion #1

Closed auryn-macmillan closed 8 years ago

auryn-macmillan commented 8 years ago

Concepts paraphrased from Slock.it DAO Slack channel

Purpose of this repo: To layout desired specification of a forum to be used for discussion of DAO proposals and other DAO related matters.

Initial ideas:

Forum thread automatically created when a proposal is made by DAO holder.
- Proposal creator has elevated status in thread, similar to reddit OP.
Token controlled access/viewpoint for DAO holders.
On chain or otherwise immutable threads/posts.
Posts can be weighted/sorted by:
- DAO stake
- Reputation/web of trust (complicated, but boils down to number of users endorsing a particular user, number of users endorsing the endorser, and so on and so forth)
- Time (newest first/last)
- Up/down votes
- Controversy (total votes up or down)

vmichalik commented 8 years ago

Design: Something like a reddit/HN style design, open to other suggestions
- Mobile-friendly interface
Main page: A similar optional ranking style for proposals themselves, as well as the comments on proposals.
Cloneable by DAO offshoots in case of a split

vmichalik commented 8 years ago

To discuss:

Does it need moderation? (by election?)
Should there be a lower limit on the required DAO ownership stake required to contribute?

vmichalik commented 8 years ago

The plaintext proposals should be used and the smart contract code attached when available

vmichalik commented 8 years ago

In the short term this could be web based for simplicity (with some thread hashes stored on the blockchain for posterity?) and eventually a Mist DApp

FelixA commented 8 years ago

further to discuss:

Nestings (more than one layer, since there might exist multiple service providers)
Incentivisation for moderation
Some way to prevent spamming (on the long run - if there is a forum in which posts cannot be deleted by anyone else than by yourself there will be spam, so either there should be a minimum amount of tokens to be allowed to post, or spamming should cost s.th. For example by a button that marks posts as unnecessary.

vmichalik commented 8 years ago

Hopefully a feed based on stake/reputation should help, but raises barriers to entry and makes it a potential echo chamber

auryn-macmillan commented 8 years ago

ok, I'm going to go ahead and open up a few specific issues for each of the different categories ideas we're discussing here. I see a couple of broad categories:

Access control - usernames & password / Token controlled access / Some hybrid of the two
Moderation - How should moderation work? Should moderators exist? If so, how are mods chosen
Post/Thread sorting - Which sorting options are available and should be implemented
Spam control
Immutability / censorship resistance
Domain name ideas