Suppose you were designing a social media sight for the whole purpose of brainstorming. The members would be unlimited. The sight would have levels of access or a hierarchy built into it. The motivation would be to attain higher levels. The categories would include science, industry, the arts, technology and anything else one could imagine.
Starting off levels would simply have to be assigned based on experience or opinions but once it got rolling higher levels of access would be attained by successfully recognizing or inputting successful thoughts or ideas.
The levels would work like this.
Level 1. The general public, they could post any ideas they felt like posting, they could also like the ideas of other posters but could give no input.
Level 2. Evaluators, they could add some input to a post and vote to elevate the idea to a higher level.
Level 3 Evaluators, they might clean up a post a little bit make some comments and direct it to more specialized area for further evaluation
Level 4 Specialists, would continue to evaluate the idea, expand on it and when necessary redirect portions of it to other specialists.
Level 5 Partners and developers, this is the final stage where a group has actually formed to develop an idea.
Attaining higher levels might work like this. At the lowest level you were in the top 75% for liking posts that moved up to the next level and ignoring posts you didn’t care for or understand. You might have a 70% rate of getting it right for instance. If a post received a like from 25% of its viewers it would automatically be moved up. If the post did not meet those criteria it would fall off the wall within 72 hours. A poster could rewrite and repost as often as he liked.
All levels could work at any level below their own level and their higher status would afford them higher voting rights. For instance if a level 2 evaluator was cruising level 1 posts his like button hit would account for an automatic 5%, if a level 5 poster was cruising level 1 his like vote would gain an automatic jump to the next level at 25%. Level 3 would be worth 10% and level 4 would be worth 15%.
Staying in the top 25% of those who get it right would elevate you to higher levels and falling below that percentage would drop your level.
Posts would be categorized similar to want add listings. You might even assign a collective point system to getting it right where as ideas you liked that made it all the way through the process and were actually developed would go back and issue points to all those who moved the idea along. The points might have some monetary value.
I will stop here and hopefully you will get the idea, no doubt it would need major refinements.
Getting it right meant that you “liked” a post that advanced up two levels. No negative feedback, if a post isn’t liked it is simply ignore and falls off the page after a few days. This could happen at any level. So a post might make it to level 4 but not level 5. The idea is similar to fishing, if a fish doesn’t like your bait he simply ignores it.
I am developing this system to be used in a novel I am writing about social media collaborations. I would like to think that everything that goes into the novel is at least somewhat viable.
Yes that is very similar! My primary goal is not so much to solve problems as much as it is to create a medium where exposure to various forms of creativity have a better chance of resonating with individuals. The premise being that if we are exposed to things under the right circumstances we are more inclined to want more of it. The program encourages personnal growth and individuality.
The context in which I’ve seen it used has more to do with improving existing business processes or creating new lines of business products. I can see it working in a scientific environment as well. To my mind, art is too subjective to effectively judge objectively. But perhaps I lack artistic knowledge and imagination.
It relates to the arts in slightly different manner. Musicals, theater, movie making, Etc are all done with collaborative efforts.
This is a 3 book series
Book 1. " The Collaboration" basically introduces a concept based on a series of premises that emphasizes individuality, creativity and social interaction. Exposing people to new things under very pleasant circumstances is one of its primary goals
Book 2. " Proof of Concept" Demonstrates the raw power of highly motivated creative individuals who are diverse in every way imaginable. It addresses family dynamics as well as most of the pressing social issues.
Book 3. “Fertile Grounds” The social media group has grown into millions of viewers and supporters internationally. We find ourselves in a situation where a $100,000,000 dollars per month is pouring into our fund. We put our architects and engineers and scientists and artists to work to create a city that has no other purpose than to create and entertain. It becomes an international sensation and proves to be such a powerful force in research and development that is starts attracting attention from some powerful sources. ( future stories)
