A Unified Forum & Governance Portal
There is currently a disconnect between where a large amount of the discussion around Polkadot’s direction takes place, and where we actually decide Polkadot’s direction, as the Polkadot Forum is totally separate from both Polkassembly and Subsquare.
Additionally, both Polkassembly and Subsquare have a forum-like section, for hosting discussions before they turn into proposals. This seems redundant and is not necessarily a good separation, on top of further segmenting traffic and eyeballs.
The Subsocial team is thinking to build an integrated “Polkadot Management” application, covering the ecosystem’s need for a location for structured async discussions, proposals, and direction management. This application would leverage our UX innovations, providing a seamless Web2 experience, while improving traffic for important topics and discussions, and allowing them to more easily morph into on-chain results.
Our team is well known for efficient, high quality shipping, and we know we can produce an excellent management platform for Polkadot (not just limited to the relay chain), founded on the true Web3 ideals of transparency and open data, unlike existing governance platforms, while also adding additional utility in the form of forum functionality.
Please share your thoughts with us about this idea. Would you migrate to it from the Polkadot forum and/or Polkassembly/Subsquare, and/or submit your governance and treasury proposals though it in a streamlined manner?
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Polkassembly & Subsquare are a good placec for governance, and the teams spend a lot of time on it for us to just try to offer one more alternative
But it is more for people who know about governance and are ready to govern
But many people are not ready to vote, or they are not involved in governance much to open the Polkassembly, to explore referendums.
We tried to think more about community engagement to governance.
Imagine when a proposal comes to your attention in your feed, or through an active discussion, rises to the top of Hot Posts and gets even more engagement!
People may not want to vote, but they will be able to react, comment, feel important, and convert into active participants in governance
This can also be stimulated by something like our Content Staking, but with different token pools or NFTs, for example
We are thinking about the socialization of governance. And as you said, we don't want to have another new one solution! We see this as a replacement for the Discourse-based solution that socially complements Polkassembly.
For example:
- proposals with data from Polkassembly are synchronized to the subscribe, get into the feed, and get quick engagement
- likes are blockchain-based and can be shared between platforms
There is a forum that is start point in ecosystem where people can discuss anything, get involved in the active life of Polkadot, and convert to Polkassembly users for more detailed involvement in governance
My vision is somewhere like this, but it is fresh and ready for polishing
Extra details:
Polkassembly & Subsquare are a good placec for governance, and the teams spend a lot of time on it for us to just try to offer one more alternative
But it is more for people who know about governance and are ready to govern
But many people are not ready to vote, or they are not involved in governance much to open the Polkassembly, to explore referendums.
We tried to think more about community engagement to governance.
Imagine when a proposal comes to your attention in your feed, or through an active discussion, rises to the top of Hot Posts and gets even more engagement!
People may not want to vote, but they will be able to react, comment, feel important, and convert into active participants in governance
This can also be stimulated by something like our Content Staking, but with different token pools or NFTs, for example
We are thinking about the socialization of governance. And as you said, we don't want to have another new one solution! We see this as a replacement for the Discourse-based solution that socially complements Polkassembly.
For example:
- proposals with data from Polkassembly are synchronized to the subscribe, get into the feed, and get quick engagement
- likes are blockchain-based and can be shared between platforms
There is a forum that is start point in ecosystem where people can discuss anything, get involved in the active life of Polkadot, and convert to Polkassembly users for more detailed involvement in governance
My vision is somewhere like this, but it is fresh and ready for polishing
It could be a good idea, but it would need a lot more substance on exactly what would be proposed.