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David Ernst
@dsernst
Right now the story is “The other ’team’ is the bad guys… vote us into office or else! Praise us at all times, and definitely never criticize us, or else you’re helping the enemy”.
The same story is told on both sides :sweat_smile:
Even if a politician really does have the best of intentions, they're incentivized to further divide us, giving them more power.
It’s a vicious cycle we’re stuck in.
David Ernst
@dsernst
Wrote this up into an idea for a draft blog post: liquidvote/blog#37
Diego Rodrigues
@diegomrodz
I see, thats very interesting and provides a good way to hold politicians accountable while we make this transition.
David Ernst
@dsernst
Hey people! Here's a draft of the blurb I'm submitting for the App Store, lmk what you think:

LIQUID Private Beta

Reclaim your voice in government. Hold politicians accountable. Eliminate corruption.

HOW IT WORKS:

  1. Vote directly on San Francisco legislation.
  2. Delegate your representation to real people you know.
  3. Invite your friends to increase your voting power.

POWERED BY Verified Voter Registration.
AUDIT YOUR VOTE, anytime.

David Ernst
@dsernst
Heads up, I’m renaming this room and the accompanying repo from org to general. No action needed on your part, just a PSA
Diego Rodrigues
@diegomrodz
Finnaly I was able to get some free time to start coding the Face Democracy, please, if anyone wants to help feel free to message me. I am really excited to turn this idea into something tangible and a prototype would be the first step. David, thanks for the help in maturing the idea.
Diego Rodrigues
@diegomrodz
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/mark-zuckerberg-building-a-global-community-that-works-for-everyone?utm_content=buffer13221&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Can we trust him?
David Ernst
@dsernst
Exciting about getting some good work in on your project. Always feels good
Yeah I saw the Zuckerberg post and had mixed feelings. It's great that he's talking about taking a more active involvement, god knows he has more resources and reach than almost anyone... but like maybe you're alluding to, he's certainly had his share of controversies.
David Ernst
@dsernst
Hey people, I'm really impressed by GitLab Inc's open-source contribution model. Interested to hear if anyone has any experience or thoughts about it.
Pretty awesome that they've been able to facilitate 1000 open-source contributions, while still building a reliable, open-source, and free product for so many years
and still able to employ over 100 talented people: https://about.gitlab.com/team/
Diego Rodrigues
@diegomrodz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xflVUa4M_8
Very interesting talk
David Ernst
@dsernst
Thx for sharing, looking forward to watching
Connor Flexman
@ConnorFlexman_twitter
Hi-
I'm a research assistant for the Democracy Defense Fund, working on sourcing startups and nonprofits for small grants. Do any of you know of funding-constrained projects working to push liquid democracy in the US? I think we're stuck with grantmaking to American entities at the moment, but good projects abroad are worth mentioning too.
Thanks
David Ernst
@dsernst
Hi Connor, thanks for posting
Yes, I have lots of details for you, will follow up 1-on-1
FYI channel— new blog post: "How to move past a two-party system" https://blog.liquid.vote/2017/03/06/how-to-move-past-two-parties/
David Ernst
@dsernst
@all: Big news! An initial version of the Liquid app (native iOS) is now ready!
Still a lot more polish work necessary before going for a wide release, but if your interested in trying out this first functional version, I’d love to get it into your hands and hear any suggestions or criticisms that come up for you :smile:
You can sign up to download the private beta here: https://beta.liquid.vote
David Ernst
@dsernst
New reddit forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/liquidvote/ — A good place to ask questions, or start discussions.
Jon-Envisioneer
@Jon-Envisioneer
hi
David Ernst
@dsernst
Hi Jon
Jon-Envisioneer
@Jon-Envisioneer
I wonder who are the target customers of Liquid Democracy.
We were going to also talk about using it in cooperatives. https://www.facebook.com/groups/579940655425355/permalink/1331047853647961/?comment_id=1335850946500985&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
Jon-Envisioneer
@Jon-Envisioneer
Just a quick search for relevant discussions.
P2P governance - Facebook Search (https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=P2P%20governance&filters_rp_author=groups(me))
P2P (https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/permalink/1469628309748010/?match=Z292ZXJuYW5jZSxwMnA%3D)
P2P (https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/permalink/1459864150724426/?match=Z292ZXJuYW5jZSxwMnA%3D)
P2P (https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/permalink/1443432149034293/?match=Z292ZXJuYW5jZSxwMnA%3D)
David Ernst
@dsernst
Yeah so I think any group with a formal democratic structure could benefit from liquid democracy. As an upgrade for their existing direct or electoral systems
Our focus for this project is on upgrading our public legislatures... in particular the US Congress
But we have a 95% ready to launch version for the City of San Francisco board of supervisors
David Ernst
@dsernst
https://twitter.com/liquid_vote/status/870019482919370752
David Ernst
@dsernst
Hey so there's a new Liquid slack that's starting to gain some good steam instead of this Gitter chatroom
Easier to form channels, have 1-on-1 conversations, and maybe a little bit better UI?
Here's a link to join: https://join.slack.com/t/liquidvote/shared_invite/MjEzNTE4ODE0NTMyLTE1MDAyMDM2NzgtMWU2ZDk2YzI3Nw
Guido Vilariño
@gvilarino
I'd love to join, but dat slack fatigue. I sort of can't handle more slack teams
David Ernst
@dsernst
Yeah, I know the feeling
Guido Vilariño
@gvilarino
Do you plan on deprecating this medium?
David Ernst
@dsernst
Yes, it hasn't been used for a while anyway
Guido Vilariño
@gvilarino
Oh :(
Well i'll join the slack team tho won't actively participate
David Ernst
@dsernst
Easier URL to join our Slack: http://slack.united.vote