a forum-esq platform. where it links businesses, programmers, idea's together
Three questions:
- 1) Where are the businesses and programmers going to be sourced from?
- 2) Define ideas more concretely. It's a very vague term.
- 3) Do you have an example platform in mind already? Something like Bitcointalk or more like stackexchange or Quora? Would we need to build this from the ground up or is there something we could use?
where people can make crowdfunding proposals
So there is a fundraising component? What do you have in mind? Something like debating the merit of an idea or the actual mechanics of sourcing funds? Is this a full funding stack or is a line drawn somewhere?
or labour sourcing proposals,
I assume there is an implicit notion of funding the labor via some new, creative and cool means?
and also includes the tutorial, development courses and howto guides all in one place.... without the trolling and sig-campaigns this forum is bloating with.
An education component is extremely welcome and something I have argued for three years. MOOCs, youtube videos and tutorials are high impact and low cost to make. Meetup groups make excellent distribution and curation engines.
where each 'topic' has a IRC chatlink so people can informally discuss it and only use the forum posts for more official information.
So there is a hierarchy of information flow. A topic and then a flow of conversation about the topic. I suppose it's like a stackexchange model where one has a question and then there are answers (your forum post idea) and then some connection to a chat service where discussions are had around the topic that won't necessarily be preserved.
imagine it like combining this forum, with lighthouse(kickstarter) with each topic having an IRC chatroom.. where the forum topics and categories are organised and more professional..
So you're talking about a more effective platform to manage a decentralized community, vet their ideas and get good ones funded. I'd also love to see a memory in a sense of ideas that have been explored and tried. This notion extends before the founding of Bitcoin. Many of the cipherpunk ideas from the 80s are being revisited with our new technology and still have great merit. It's evident when you look at the Nakamoto Institute's reading list.
I really like what you're on to and its an example of what happens when you say ok let's try to have a meaningful discussion about solving problems instead of just complaining about them. So say you wanted to do this, what would be the next step?
well my idea is just in its infantsy..and just an idea at that.. but it would be a hybrid bringing a forum-esq, youtube-esq, github repository, litehouse, irc, even googledocs all into one platform.
maybe not github/docs within the platform, but atleast the ability to link it in a manner that is standardized so that people are not searching for hours. as its part of each proposal.
i cant exactly imagine the final design right now.. but if all the tools are in one place and membership is free, where people only pay for projects they want to see or be part of.. then it would be more about having the platform there to let it grow naturally by how the users interact, rather than some governing system limiting real world actions by having meetings just once a month or limiting to only a few proposals to vote on..
leaving it open to anyone who wants to do anything. where people can request help or funding or even just idea's, and yes even having the reddit/stack exchange/quora upvote-downvote thing where people can show free appreciation for certain topics, thus keeping the most valid stuff ontop.
EG say 3 people propose to make a conference. each laying out the cost of hiring the hall, cost to cover speakers travel/hotel and suggestions as to how the profits from tickets will be split.
people can pay a litehouse (crowdfund) to help fund it if they chose to, but also they can upvote for free the most desireable conference. that way the most popular locations sit at the top of the list.
ofcourse anyone wanting to get funding will need to be transparent about who they are and the funds may even need to be released in phases as proof of progress is shown..
again still imagining it.. but it would need to be user-centric rather then chairman governed.
