Polarizer.io

About

Polarizer.io is (and always will be) a free and open web app that visualises the quality of interactions between opinions expressed to a given topic.

Features:

create random ID

Privacy is protected by a random and encrypted ID.

create topics

Users can open one topic per day. Topics are visualised within a 3D space.

publish opinion

Users can publish one opinion per topic. Opinions are visualised within a 3D sub-space

request 1:1 dialogue

Users that published an opinion to a topic can request a 1:1 dialogue (No Group interaction in DPT) with other users that published their opinion regarding the given topic. Requests are visualised as light brown lines between the two opinions.

accept or deny 1:1 dialogue

Users can accept or deny requests for dialogue within their dialogue list. A denied request can not be requested a second time. Accepted (active) dialogues are visualised as grey lines between the two opinions.

lead a 1:1 dialogue

Users can send messages to users that accepted their request.

• We are testing constrains to incentivise constructivnes.
• ATM we are testing to limit the maximum number of messages to incentivise on point argumentation.

end 1:1 dialogue

Users can permanently end 1:1 dialogues. A pair of users can have a maximum of two dialogues.

rate 1:1 dialogue

Both users can rate an ended dialogue with negative, neutral or positive. Once both users rated, the results are visualised as follows:

• positive/positive = green line
• positive/neutral = green line
• neutral/neutral = blue line
• neutral/negative = red line
• negative/negative = red line ..between the two opinions.

-->The protocols of rated dialogues are pubslished!

Live demos

• user tests

Screenshot:

Technical stack (brief)

The server implements a RESTful API. It is written in nodejs, using express. The mongo database get accessed via mongoose. The API can be examined via the swagger api interface. The client uses babylon.js as a webgl render engine.

The way we get a running instance, is, to get a docker container build. Find a Dockerfile and all needed components in the docs/docker directory. The only file you need to update / create is the .env file. There is a .env.example file which works as a template.

For testing, the easiest way to get it up & running:

Prerequisite:

• A git client
• A mongo database server
• A node environment
• A recent npm

With this components ready, you can follow these instructions to get it running:

$ git clone https://github.com/digital-peace-talks/DPT.git
$ cd DPT
$ cp .env.example .env
$ vi .env
$ npm install
$ npm start

In .env file you update the absolute path to the directory of the cloned repository and a secret for identifying the session cookie.

Note

We believe no one is truely lost. There is no trolls, just humans looking for their needs to be understood.