The Computational Democracy Project
@compdem
We bring data science to deliberative democracy, so that governance better reflects the public will. 501c3. We maintain @UsePolis and http://pol.is/home.
pol.is/home is now fully open and free to nonprofit entities for the public good
What are the protesters outside of Taiwan's parliament currently thinking? Taiwanese protesters are expressing their opinions online through @v_taiwan w/ @UsePolis in real time. Here are some of the early results from tonight May 21. These are statements most can agree on now 👇🏾
The original envisioned use case for @UsePolis, from Occupy Wall Street and Arab Spring era; real time goal formation among leaderless movements via collective intelligence software
What are the protesters outside of Taiwan's parliament currently thinking? Taiwanese protesters are expressing their opinions online through @v_taiwan w/ @UsePolis in real time. Here are some of the early results from tonight May 21. These are statements most can agree on now 👇🏾
Pol.is 's long awaited API to read real-time survey data, as well as the resumed CSV downloads. Alongside with the advancement of Polis itself, these features will help communities to explore a wide variety of options and co-create extraordinary features.
Pol.is 2.0 ships a data export API 🥳🥳🥳 Every pol.is conversation report now includes 5 read-only, real-time CSV export APIs Manually download, or hit programmatically & build extensions / notebooks etc. 🎉🎉🎉 Try: pol.is/report/r4tykwa…
Pol.is 2.0 ships a data export API 🥳🥳🥳 Every pol.is conversation report now includes 5 read-only, real-time CSV export APIs Manually download, or hit programmatically & build extensions / notebooks etc. 🎉🎉🎉 Try: pol.is/report/r4tykwa…
On May 20, 2024, #Taiwan co-creates a new chapter.🇹🇼 @TAIWANmoda is initialised & all systems go.🚀 “I have to leave now, democracy needs me.”🌐 Let’s #FreeTheFuture🖖 — together! Watch the trailer for my forthcoming biopic “Good Enough Ancestor.” ▶️ bit.ly/geancestor…
When we started @CommunityNotes, all the concept testing showed people across the political spectrum wanted it. But could we build it? Would it work? Half a million contributors later, four new unaffiliated/external research studies + large scale stats show how effective it is.…
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Want to work on Community Notes? We're hiring an exceptional ML engineer and SWE (link in bio): x.com/i/jobs/1749956…
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Degen communism: the only correct political ideology vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0…
📣 NEW: #FreedomInTheWorld 2024 is now LIVE! freedomhouse.org/report/freedom… Flawed elections and armed conflict drove an 18th consecutive year of democratic decline. It's against this backdrop that billions will vote in 2024—a crucial test in the struggle for global freedom.…
This @wbg_gov blog features @UsePolis as an effective strategy for amplifying marginalized voices and highlights a new wave of #CivicTech and #OpenGov initiatives around the world. Thank you to the authors @aly_rahim @mahony_c @reach2sruti
The rise of data-driven citizen-government interactions is revolutionizing service delivery and development finance, putting marginalized voices at the forefront!** 🌍📊 #DigitalTransformation #InclusiveDevelopment Learn more: wrld.bg/pzOM50QB8n3
Apply to help us build @CommunityNotes!
Give power to the people to keep each other informed. Apply 👇 Software: x.com/i/jobs/1749958… Machine Learning: x.com/i/jobs/1749956…
Our collaboration with @ChathamHouse on creating a recursive, participatory process for AI governance is now featured on the @OpenAI website! Read more on how we collect democratic inputs & determine priority questions for future AI- the @vTaiwan way. 👇🏾 openai.com/blog/democrati…
本日超級令人開心的事，X（原 Twitter）的社群備註（Community Note）即日起開放台灣人、香港人與韓國人使用！ 目前官方推文共有近 750 萬次查看，可見這件事有多重要。X 能夠在台灣總統大選前一個月開放，實在美事一樁，有望藉由群眾協力的方式，稍稍降低捏造訊息散播帶來的影響。…
Welcome new contributors in 🇭🇰Hong Kong, 🇰🇷South Korea and 🇹🇼Taiwan 👋 If you’d like to contribute to Community Notes, sign up at x.com/i/flow/join-bi…
In the latest episode of The GovLab #CollectiveIntelligence Podcast, @prateekbuch and @brendanjarnold join @bethnoveck to discuss @PolicyLabUK’s experimentation with @UsePolis, a digital tool for capturing ideas from diverse audiences blog.thegovlab.org/exploring-the-…
Attention anyone hosting their own deployment of Pol.is! We've got security patches coming soon--contact [email protected] to get early notification.
What if houses were free? @DarkMatter_Labs exhibit at the #FutureObservatory @DesignMuseum opening night has a cameo from @UsePolis ... loving the 'kiosk mode'
Community Note appears ~2 days faster than traditional fact checks in this example recently highlighted in the news 📈
This article seems intended as a critique, but actually demonstrates how fast Community Notes is. It cites a Note appearing on a viral post after 4hrs. This is extremely fast relative to most historic approaches. Traditional fact checks in this case were published 2-4 days…