Feature request: Consensus Invite
Steven Palmer
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I find ongoing successful consensus requires participants to have consistently aligned values and goals in respect to the initial idea or aspiration. Else decisions can become corrupted by a reflection of cultural values and public opinion, which changes erratically over time due to real events, misleading propaganda, life circumstances, etc.
It could be a useful option to inoculate a consensus group from the toxicity and corruption of the public sphere by limiting the damaging effects of unwelcome changes to the participants core opinions and values, which effect decision making.
A group could still adapt to the public sphere by changing its statement, values and goals. But this would be done by consensus, making potential negative impacts more transparent, core changes to decision making, conscious.
What I mean in layman terms, is an optional feature, a consensus mechanism for invitations, that specifies in a steadfast manner a consensus about values and goals required for joining and remaining in the group. Perhaps a constitution to sign, test to pass or invite to be ratified by existing participants using consensus.
Poll Created Tue 28 Jan 2014 12:44AM
Group Coordinator can set group joining agreement text Closed Mon 3 Feb 2014 1:07AM
This has passed unanimously. The dev team will put it in the backlog and prioritize it for the future. Thanks everyone!
Standard disclaimer: this is a feature idea, to be fed into the normal prioritization processes and put in the backlog accordingly by the product team if they deem it appropriate.
Proposed feature: group coordinators can set up a joining message that will appear to a user when they first join a group.
The user verifies that they have seen it by clicking "OK" or similar, or has the option to click "no" or "cancel" or similar and not join the group. This could be used by groups to simply give a general overview of the purpose of the group, share practical information (like where to find help documentation), or for groups where it's appropriate it can be a more structured "terms of use" to get agreement on important policies like confidentiality and clarify the moderation policy.
This would be an optional feature so only groups that wanted to have it would turn it on. The purpose would be to give a platform for setting shared understanding of a groups culture, purpose, limitations, and policies, and to make sure all users have the chance to see practical/housekeeping info to make coordination of the group more effective.
The information in the box would be updatable - but if it gets changed, that means all users would need to agree to it again upon their next login.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 18 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 263 |
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18 of 281 people have participated (6%)
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Tue 28 Jan 2014 12:47AM
essential. Thanks for putting the proposal forward.
John Graham
Tue 28 Jan 2014 12:56AM
Yes.
Probably useful as an option for individual discussions as well.
Could possibly add a radio-button thingy or other customisable stuff.
Robert Guthrie
Tue 28 Jan 2014 1:23AM
Ohh yes! I do agree.
Alanna Irving
Tue 28 Jan 2014 2:10AM
I have had good experiences no other platforms with similar features as a coordinator/moderator/facilitator and found it to be an essential feature for group cohesion and shared understanding
Alanna Irving
Tue 28 Jan 2014 2:10AM
I have had good experiences on other platforms with similar features as a coordinator/moderator/facilitator, and found it to be an essential feature for group cohesion and shared understanding
AlexSBayley
Tue 28 Jan 2014 4:07AM
Love it; makes sure everyone's on the same page.
STeve Ray
Tue 28 Jan 2014 5:17AM
A great idea... I particularly like the updatable aspect being something that would need all users to agree to again upon their next login... as it creates a sense of certainty/safety amongst members.
Benjamin Knight
Tue 28 Jan 2014 7:11PM
sounds really useful!
John Graham · Tue 28 Jan 2014 12:33AM
Just FYI, here's the radio-button survey that Coursera.org is forcing participants to complete on entry:
Again, I like that this kind of thing could be used for focusing intention and pausing for thought, rather than for data collection or permanent commitments.