Curious Politicus (CP or Politicus) is a social network and publishing platform.
In more detail, you can say it is an attempt to create a proper incentive structure for a self-governing social media network that will lead to positive outcomes for humanity.
On Politicus you will find only cryptographically signed content.
That means that for any key you come to trust, it will not be possible for anyone else act on their behalf.
Is that video signed by anyone you trust? If not, it might be a deepfake.
Actions on Politicus have a cost.
By adding a cost to all actions in Politicus we assure that actors weigh their actions and avoid unecessary noise.
We also create a source of revenue for content creators.
On Politicus all accounts are human beings (and there are no duplicates)
In order to create an account on CP a user needs to be verified by the Worldcoin project. There are no bots on Politicus.
There are also no duplicates, meaning a single user cannot create multiple accounts.
Moderation on Policitus is user controlled.
Users are in charge of moderation. Any user can petition for the removal of any piece of content or user.
Politicus itself is user controlled.
Politicus has a "constitution"; it's kernel. The kernel has variables. Users can peition to change variables and also to replace the kernel.
Politicus is free and open
Politicus source code is open-source and free to use by anyone.
Politicus is built to last
Built as a Rollup on the magnificent Tezos blockchain.
The name Curious Politicus is inspired bt the 17th century newsbook Mercurious Politicus
Mercurius Politicus was a newsbook that was published weekly from June 1650 until the English Restoration in May 1660.
We replaced the latin word Mercurious (messenger) and substitud the english word Curious. Politicus is a latin word for "political". We also take inspiration from the greek concept of "polis" which represented a self-governing community with its laws, institutions, and identity. So loosely you can say the the name "Curious Politicus" means "Curious about self-governing communities" or something like that. Also we think it is quite catchy.
A User is an individual, a human being in the universe, that is using Politicus. Users need to provide a "proof of personhood" from the Worldcoin project in order to be able to use CP.
A User has the following properties:
* UID - PublicKey
* UserName - String
* Bio - Text
A Syndicate is an association of Users working together on a shared project.
A Syndicate has the following properties.
* SID - String (Randomly generated?)
* Creator - PublicKey
* Name - String
* Description - String
* Associates - List<PublicKey>
A Bit is a piece of content on Politicus. We chose the word "Bit" because it is short, easy to say and remember.
I just posted a Bit on Politicus.
A Bit has the following properties:
* BID - hash(Creators + Content)
* Creators - List<PublicKey>
* Content - hash(content)
* Parent - BID (if this BID is part of a conversation)
* Syndicate - SID (if this BID is posted from a syndicate)
* CreationTime - Timestamp
A BitVote is a up/down vote for a Bit.
* VID - hash(BID + Voter)
* Voter - PublicKey
* Direction - Boolean (1=up, 0=down)
* Votes - Number of votes (quadratic cost increase?)
* VoteTime - Timestamp
A Petiton is a request to change some aspect of CP. There are a few different types of petitions.
* PID - hash(content)
* Type - ENUM
(
+ MOD_SYNDICATE_ADD - Add ModerationEntry for a Syndicate
+ MOD_SYNDICATE_DEL - Del ModerationEntry for a Syndicate
+ MOD_CONTENT_ADD - Add ModerationEntry for a piece of content
+ MOD_CONTENT_DEL - Del ModerationEntry for a piece of content
+ MOD_USER_ADD - Add ModerationEntry for a User
+ MOD_USER_DEL - Del ModerationEntry for a User
+ REM_SYNDICATE - Remove a Syndicate (and all their Bits)
+ REM_CONTENT - Remove a piece of content
+ REM_USER - Remove a User (and all their Bits)
+ VARIABLES - Modify variable(s)
+ KERNEL - Update kernel
)
* Creator - PublicKey
* Content - <JSON_MATCHING_ENUM>
* CreationTime - Timestamp
A PetitionVote is a up/down vote for a Petition.
* PVID - hash(PID + Voter)
* Voter - PublicKey
* Direction - Boolean (1=up, 0=down)
* Votes - Number of votes (quadratic cost increase?)
* VoteTime - Timestamp
When a Petition to create some form of moderation (Content or User) a ModerationEntry is created. The ModerationEntry prevents moderated content from being created and moderated users from using CP.
* MID - hash(content)
* Type - ENUM
(
+ SYNDICATE
+ CONTENT
+ USER
)
* Content - <JSON_MATCHING_ENUM>
* YaY - Number of UP votes
* NaY - Number of DOWN votes
* CreationTime - Timestamp
The different variables in the initial kernel / constitution.
* BitCost - $ 1
* BitVoteCost - $ 0.1 (quadratic)
* PetitionContentModerationAddCost - $ 500
* PetitionContentModerationDelCost - $ 250 (function if already exists)
* PetitionUserModerationAddCost - $ 1000
* PetitionUserModerationDelCost - $ 500 (function if already exists)
* PetitionUpdateVariableCost - $ 2500
* PetitionUpdateKernelCost - $ 5000
* PetitionVoteCost - $ 0.5 (quadratic)
* PetitionContentModerationQuorum - % 1
* PetitionUserModerationQuorum - % 2
* PetitionUpdateVariableQuorum - % 40
* PetitionUpdateKernelQuorum - % 50
* PetitionContentModerationMajority - % 50
* PetitionUserModerationMajority - % 50
* PetitionUpdateVariableMajority - % 80
* PetitionUpdateKernelMajority - % 90
* PetitionDuration - d 30
- Incentives to create Bits
- Incentives to vote on Bits
- Incentives to create Petitions
- Incentives to vote on Petitions
There are two types of moderation; MOD and REM.
MOD creates a ModerationEntry in storage and there are 3 types;
MOD_SYNDICATE - Block a Syndicate from creating further content on Politicus
MOD_CONTENT - Block a specific piece of content from being created again
MOD_USER - Block a User from creating further content on Politicus
MODs can be added and removed (lifted).
MOD_CONTENT has a few caveats.
A User can create a Bit with the content <BAD_WORD>, this can be moderated. But then the user can just create a new Bit with the content <BAD_WORD>. and it will not be blocked. In this case it is perhaps better to petition for MOD_USER or REM_USER for the violating User.
The same would be true for an offensive image ^. A User could just modify a single bit of the image and it would not be moderated. In this case also the solution would be to petition for MOD_USER or REM_USER.
We still think it is useful to keep MOD_CONTENT as an option.
REM removes Users, Syndicates or Content from Politicus and there are 3 types;
REM_SYNDICATE - Removes a Syndicate from creating further content on Politicus
REM_CONTENT - Removes a specific piece of content from politicus
REM_USER - Removes a User from creating further content on Politicus
For REM_SYNDICATE and REM_USER a MOD_SYNDICATE and MOD_USER moderation entry is create also.
If a user believes he owns the rights to the content of a Bit, they can create a petition to have it removed.
They can then create it themselves. The user can also petition to have the copyminter (user who created bit illegally) blocked or removed.
CP itself does not parse, link or otherwize deal with topics or hashtags. That is a job for indexers.
- After a petition has been voted for, how long until it can be re-created? A variable?
- Should we allow blank votes?
- Instead of petition votes having a cost, should votes be earned? By creating Bits that gets high number of votes?
- What happends if a BIT parent is removed? Just treat it as an orphan?
- Add missing variables for REM_
- Do we need REM_SYNDICATE ?
- Does MOD_USER_ADD not imply removing all their Bits? I think not...