Simpler inivtation
Dan Finlay PublicSeen by 73When I pitched loomio to my local hackerspace, Sudo room something like two years ago, it was met with solid support. In person. The tool is useful and it solves a real problem in groups of people willing to collaborate alternatively.
It wasn't until the process of introducing it to the group online that the system gained resistance. As a previously listserv-based organization as many hackerspaces are, the member list is literally anyone who can receive an email, although they aren't necessarily known individually to the person proposing loomio as a polling solution.
Users who hadn't heard the pitch in person didn't like being emailed by an organization they weren't familiar with. They weren't willing to register for a service they hadn't heard about, while I sincerely believe had they just seen the interface, with a few hot topics being debated and voted on, they'd jump right in.
That's why I propose that each group should have a link that anyone who has can use to view and apply for a group.
Registration for these link-private groups should be more of a requirement to vote, and it could even still pend on admin approval.
This type of security has proven very effective and popular on Google Docs, and I think for many public organizations, it would work fine and increase adoption.
The public group feature solves this problem
proposal by Dan Finlay Closed Sun 25 May 2014 1:07AM
My mistake, I hadn't yet found the public group feature, that seems to be exactly what I was looking for.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 1 | 100 | 0 | | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Not voted | 274 | 100 |             |
@danfinlay I love that you've hacked Loomio to make a decision by yourself! Brilliant :)
@danfinlay, on your suggestion for an 'anyone with a link' sharing feature - that's something we're talking about a lot in our roadmap. Specifically, we're thinking about 'anyone with a link can view' and 'anyone with a link can participate' settings.
Really glad to see you're thinking along the same lines!
I don't think we're doing a very good job of making it easy for new users to see the existing feature set. It's something we'll be working on!
nonetheless @dan the challenge you describe is very real. We hope that Loomio 1.0 will make this introduction much easier, from a person you to now to a discussion you care about. We will look forward hearing how it works for you sonce we have that developed:)