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Loomio – Crowdfunding a better way to make decisions together

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Re: Loomio – Crowdfunding a better way to make decisions together

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Post by llamataboot »

grimtrigger wrote: post #40
llamataboot wrote: post #39

So excited to see Loomio on the frontpage of Hacker News! I've long dreamed of an effective web app for consensus decision making processes (and even thought about building one) but as a user of Loomio for over a year I can say they've done almost everything right -- even down to having some serious design chops. I'm so excited to see where they will be able to take this with the money they've raised (hit your goal t…

What have you been using Loomio for? I still can't say I really get it.

For doing formal-ish consensus decisionmaking with groups that are geographically dispersed and can't do in-person consensus-based meetings.

Re: Loomio – Crowdfunding a better way to make decisions together

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Post by thangalin »

whimful wrote: post #28
thangalin wrote: post #3

Here is a different approach (a mash-up of StackExchange, reddit, Wikipedia, and hallojs): * http://davidjarvis.ca/world-politics/ * https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/ See also: * http://hallojs.org/

it's an interesting approach. I would be interested to see whether world-politics is capable of generating and addressing a range of diverse perspectives. in my experience, without a focus on dialogue this isn't easy.

A good point. A friend of mine pointed me to six hats[1]. Currently the mock-up mirrors a two-level reddit in its dialogue with a tight focus on facts (the information-based white hats).

The advantage of having only facts is that the interface is simpler. The disadvantage is that not all views might be represented, thus impeding dialogue.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Thinking_Hats

Re: Loomio – Crowdfunding a better way to make decisions together

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Post by loomio »

Theodores wrote: post #36

This concept reminds me of the non-hierarchical decision making by consensus process that groups such as 'Reclaim the Streets' tried to implement a couple of decades ago. However, 'Reclaim the Streets' never asked anyone for any donations. That made them very different to your typical 'save the world' group where the main point of the org/charity is just that, soliciting donations. Like many people here I don't quite…

It is indeed inspired by consensus decision-making, although the Loomio platform can work for various decision-making protocols not just 100% consensus. It just nudges groups away from strict majority-rules or one-way communication (polls with pre-defined options), which leads to a lot more meaningful participation and better outcomes for groups.

A big focus for the next phase is making installing your own instance a lot easier. We're going to release a docker file for Loomio 1.0. But just in case you weren't clear, there is also a cloud-hosted version that anyone can use without technical expertise.

Re: Loomio – Crowdfunding a better way to make decisions together

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Post by loomio »

hypnotics wrote: post #25

Loomio is a great platform. A simple, yet elegant way to tap into the collective knowledge and decision making in organizations. Really recommend it! I've already supported the crowdfunding and planning on contributing to the open source community as well. There is huge potential in Loomio!

Thanks so much! Right from the start, Loomio has been a community-driven project, and we only exist because of everyone's support.

Re: Loomio – Crowdfunding a better way to make decisions together

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Post by mrmondo »

whimful wrote: post #26
mrmondo wrote: post #15

Great project, have my $12. FYI - the website takes a very long time to load in Australia, I would suggest using a CDN to improve international load times.

good to know, we're on cloudflare, and do have caching in place. were there any pages in particular that were slow?

Sorry only just saw this, it was the front / landing page. It seemed to be very sluggish, especially if you are already using cloudflare, unfortunately Australia's internet is atrociously slow compared to NZ's (oh how I miss it!) so it's very noticeable if a page is even slower than usual. Perhaps make a free NewRelic account and have a look to see what you can easily target as low hanging fruit (long db queries etc...)
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