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For democracy - Fordem - digital democracy and mobilisation platform
A project from Transnational Community Federation e. V. in Göttingen, Germany
Fordem is a digital democracy platform/app within the „Fediverse“, made for networking, deliberation & participation. It works on- & offline over secure WFD & BT mesh and amplifies civil society voices, resilience & sociopolitical mobilisation.
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About this project
Marlene Neumann from Transnational Community Federation e. V. is responsible for this project
Fordem (‘for democracy’) is a cross-platform digital democracy and socio-political mobilisation platform, with participation, deliberation, and networking functionalities. It forms independent WiFi-Direct & Bluetooth mesh networks when the internet and cellular networks are down, respects privacy and is oriented on data security. Fordem is a part of Fediverse and aims to be the main channel for conversations of resistance and resilience, social struggles and sociopolitical mobilisation. It is there to make the voices of civil society movements heard and maximise their impact.
What can you do with Fordem?
You can connect with others based on your shared interests, exchange ideas, initiate or join groups and organise for the changes you want to see in the world. Fordem can help the development of any community since it can be adapted to the respective needs and contexts. It can connect an endless number of communities. In our first version we are invested in providing Iranian political activists the tools they need at each of the networking, deliberation and participation stages of their mobilisation along the ongoing Women, Life, Freedom revolution.
Features:
- Pseudonymisation process done by trusted third parties
- Create a multidimensional interest vector in profile and connect with people based on that
- Event & meeting organisation, deliberation spaces
- Unlimited polls, surveys and advanced calculation of social choice
- Large-scale mesh network formation when internet and electricity is shut down
Details
Fordem is open-source and it builds on top of existing solutions. At its backend lies Nextodon, an extended version of Mastodon that we’ve written in C# with gRPC, crypto wallet, advanced votes, E2EE DMs and so on. As a mobile app, Fordem has large-scale mesh network formation abilities using WiFi, WFD and BT for the times of no internet, next to usual Mastodon. A DHT on the Nextodon takes care of synchronisation between databases of the networks that emerge from offline modes.
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How can you support the project?
- You can donate money so we can pay our developers.
- You can donate expertise and come join us, and help with marketing, design, fundraising, project management experience. And/or spreading good energy and love.
- You can donate your time and feedback and test Fordem as soon as the prototype has been released
Get in touch with us here: fordem@transcf.org
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