How do we run online communities? The growing field of online governance answers this question using a range of tools: voting algorithms, social media platforms, community management software, (crypto)economic designs, and even real-world laws. But just what tools are out there, who’s building them, and who’s using them? Enter Govbase.
Read the full article introducing Govbase on Medium, or visit the project page for tips on how to get started.
Govbase is an open, crowdsourced database of projects and tools in online governance. It is intended for developers and researchers. If you want to pick the best out-of-the-box platform for your social club or gaming guild, Govbase will not help you do that. But if any of the following apply to you:
then Govbase can help. But don’t take our word for it: go click around for yourself. We’re building it because we want to understand the opportunities for collaboration and interoperability in the small but growing ecosystem of activists, technologists, and scientists who work in online governance.
Thanks for checking Govbase out, and let us know what you think!
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