The Synergy Project - An Open-Source Social Experiment

Hi there. My name is Travis Ladner and I'm here to help garner critique and suggestions for a social community experiment that is geared towards issue recognition and problem solving. I would like to invite you to check out the concept which is being proposed. And if you feel this is something that is worth attention, that you possibly participate or at least pass the message on to those you think may be interested.

***EDIT*** I've removed the content of this post, and I would rather direct your attention to the third post to see what this is all about. Thanks.


@ www . OneSynergy . org
(I would post the link together but the server rules prevent me from doing so. Understandably though.)

Hey there, just letting you guys know I've put together a 20 minute video outlining the concept of the project. I think this is much easier to digest than the conceptual paper that I wrote and cited in the OP.

You can find the video linked off of the main domain OneSynergy dot org

I've set-up a newsletter if you'd like to follow the progress of the project as well. Thanks for your time. =)

We have an initial outline of the project up on the homepage. Along with forums, wiki, and a newsletter. Hopefully this explains is much easier.

What?
The Synergy Project aims to create a free, open-source web application used for collaborative problem solving.

Features:

• For issues to be submitted within a local context, yet available globally.
• Specifically and generally relating user profiles to problems submitted to the system.
• To render these "issues" to users based on user concern. We would like to use various 3d models to display the population of these issues as they relate to each-other, and the concern factor they hold.
• To attach real world events and source material to these issues as they evolve.
• To show concern trending with each problem to give users an idea what kind of attention it is attracting.
• To create a proposal system for users to submit comprehensive suggestions for fixes. This proposal system would ask the user to address as much source material as possible.

How?
Currently we're in the process of nailing down which platforms to attack. We're considering modifying MediaWiki and using it as an initial platform with which to launch development. Since we hope to integrate some more advanced visualizations compared to a standard wiki page, we're looking to figure out the best way to achieve that.

Why?
In practicality there are already models in place that are proving the proficiency of collaborative organizations. The biggest example being Wikipedia. So why not step it up and test the bounds of this type of organization? Some positive possibilities would be fast and diverse reporting of world events as they happen. Just as we see how fast Wikipedia pages manifest and update, we could see that here. We could witness open discussions that encourages users from diverse geographic areas and different fields of experience. The kind of data that could be received from such diverse input would be publicly available to anyone. And possibly, to translate any positive conclusions found within the system into the real world.