A Plug-In to convert Discourse Forum Discussions into Clear Proposal Revisions with Community-Sourced Justifications

Proposal: Automated DAO Proposal Editing by SimScore.

A Plug-In to convert Discourse Forum Discussions into Clear Proposal Revisions with Community-Sourced Justifications.

Rationale

A challenge that DAOs have identified is a need for governance experimentation particularly related to AI assisted governance. The SimScore Solution involves analyzing Discourse Forum Replies with the SimScore API in order to both edit proposals and post comprehensive justifications.

Key Benefits of Automated Proposal Editing with SimScore.

Quality Improvement

By systematically analyzing diverse community perspectives, SimScore helps refine proposals beyond what any individual contributor might achieve. The statistical approach ensures that valuable insights aren’t lost in the noise of numerous comments, while also providing clarity on genuine consensus patterns across different viewpoints.

Throughput Acceleration

Instead of waiting weeks for proposers to manually process dozens or hundreds of comments, SimScore automates the analysis of community feedback. This can reduce proposal refinement cycles from weeks to days or even hours, dramatically increasing governance throughput.

Enhanced Transparency

Each suggested change includes a clear justification linked to specific community input. This creates an auditable trail showing exactly how community feedback influenced the proposal, reinforcing trust in the governance process.

The SimScore Solution

We (SimScore) propose a system that provides a sophisticated, data-driven approach to analyzing community feedback that operates through multiple integrated components:

1. SimScore / Constrained AI Analysis

  1. Data Collection: A Discourse plugin collects all forum replies and discussions related to a specific proposal.

  2. SimScore API processes this data through three distinct analytical dimensions:

    1. Priority Rankings: Calculates a mathematical “Consensus Point” from all written ideas, then measures each individual response’s similarity to this consensus (expressed as SimScore %)

      Priority Analysis Output #1. (Example Layout)

    Priority# Idea Author SimScore %
    1 Bias amplification through selective patterns Emma 53%
    2 Contextual misalignment in nuanced reasoning Liam 47%
    3 Temporal flattening of evolving opinions Sophia 32%
    4 Cross-source contamination of unique perspectives Gabrial 15%

    Similarity Score

    Similarity Score determines the similarity of a pair of ideas.

    Similarity Score Relative Similarity
    0.0 The pair of ideas have no similarity
    >0.2 The pair of ideas are considered plagiarized
    0.65 - 1.0 The pair of ideas are essentially duplicates

    Consensus Point

    Simscore API calculates the Consensus Point from all the written ideas as a mathematical expression.

    SimScore %

    The similarity of each idea vs the consensus point, expressed as SimScore %.

    ii. Conceptual Space Mapping: Positions each response in a two-dimensional space to visualize clusters and relationships between ideas

    Relationship Graph - Output #2

    Priority # X Y SimScore%
    1 0.515 -0.287 54%
    2 0.515 -0.586 51%
    3 0.104 0.334 49%
    4 -0.580 0.044 42%
    5 0.586 0.367 33%
    6 -0.260 0.615 32%
    7 -0.506 -0.406 31%

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRbK31Zbther54K6vzp96LYYT5ETFNDalc-uSM_acVyq4GhEz4K1v9jkmg0tuYSM0FucUyvGi8p4Jv3/pubchart?oid=471457277&format=interactive

    iii. Pairwise Relationships: Creates a complete similarity matrix showing how strongly each response relates to every other response

    Pairwise Similarity Score Matrix

    SimScore ranks the replies in “most similar” order,

    Reply 1 Reply 2 Reply 3 Reply 4
    Reply 1 1.000 0.469 0.264 0.254
    Reply 2 0.469 1.000 0.235 0.234
    Reply 3 0.264 0.235 1.000 0.161
    Reply 4 0.254 0.234 0.161 1.000

    Note: The SimScore API is complete and ready for deployment. Description Github

  3. Validated Consensus Identification: The system requires evidence across multiple dimensions before confirming community consensus:

    • High-priority feedback with nearby supporting responses in conceptual space
    • Multiple moderate-priority responses that cluster together
    • Strong pairwise relationships (above 20% similarity) between responses from different authors

d. Constrained AI Implementation: AI serves as an interpreter of consensus patterns rather than a primary synthesizer. It is strictly constrained by SimScore’s statistical baseline to prevent misrepresentation of community views.

2. Discourse Plugin

  1. Side-by-Side Proposal Editing: The system integrates directly into Discourse’s edit section, showing original and revised proposals with color-coded differences.
  2. Comprehensive Justification: For each revision, the system generates a detailed justification citing specific community feedback that supported the change, including:
    • Priority rankings with similarity scores
    • Relevant pairwise relationships
    • Analysis of conceptual positioning
    • Direct quotes from community members

3. Human Final Control

  1. Human Final Control: The original proposer reviews all suggested changes and maintains final editorial control before advancing to voting.

Demonstration Screens.

Side by Side Proposal Editing - History Screen in Scroll forum

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Live Demo of Forum Edit Screen.

Comprehensive Justification of each revision

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Discourse / SimScore Integration Plug-in Specification

:page_facing_up: Technical Specification: SimScore-Powered DAO Proposal Editor

Discourse Plug in for SimScore API

User Research Specification

User Research Specification

Proposed Cost

Action Cost Begin End
Discourse Plug-in Integration with SimScore API $8,000.00 Month 1 Month 3
User Research $5,000.00 Month 7 Month 9
SimScore Subscription $1,800 ($200/ month) month 4 Month 12
Action Payment Schedule Payment
Discourse Plug-in integration with Simscore Before Start $ 8,000
User Research End of Month 6 $5,000
SimScore Subscription End of Month 3 $1,500

About the Author:

With 30 years of leadership experience, the author served as CEO of an industrial water treatment company that achieved remarkable 100x value growth over 12 years. Under his leadership, the company bootstrapped and self-financed through organic growth before a successful private equity exit. His blank boarding methodology was instrumental in this success, identifying strategic priorities and driving organizational alignment. He is now the founder of SimScore, creating technology to make his proven methodologies accessible to organizations of all sizes.

Reference Material

SimScore API - Github - GitHub - Sim-Score/simscore-api

SimScore API - What is it?

SimScore API - Youtube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifi9PNs41G4

SimScore Analysis - ZK Nation: Incentive Program - Google Таблицы

Hi, I have posted this proposal here based on feedback of a Rari Proposal. Here is the feedback.

Paul