What does the collective movement want? What are we fighting for? What direction do we want to see our country go? What are the ‘marching orders’ we are going to give our elected officials?
Original Polis poll: https://pol.is/8ezuykjchv
What does the collective movement want? What are we fighting for? What direction do we want to see our country go? What are the ‘marching orders’ we are going to give our elected officials?
Original Polis poll: https://pol.is/8ezuykjchv
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Popularity measures how popular is a set of comments for the participants. It is equal to the total amount of positive votes (a.k.a. thumbs-up, or approvals) received by the comments in the selection.
Inclusion measures the percentage of participants included in the selection. That is, the percentage of participants who expressed a positive opinion (a.k.a. thumb-up, or approval) about at least one of the selected comments.
For instance, an inclusion of 60% means that 60% of the participants feel positively about at least one comment of the selection.
A selection method is a procedure that selects a given number of comments based on the votes submitted by the users.
The desired number of comments to select is always given up-front.
Sequential Phragmèn for trichotomous profiles: Sequential Phragmén adapted for trichotomous ballots.
Taxed Sequential Phragmèn for trichotomous profiles: Runs Phragmén’s sequential rule on a participatory budgeting instance where each project's cost equals a tax for selecting it. The cost of a project is equal to its approval score divided by its support (the number of approvals minus the number of disapprovals).
Taxed Method of Equal Shares by Kraiczy, Papasotiropoulos, Pierczyński & Skowron, 2025: Applies the Method of Equal Shares (MES) to a participatory budgeting instance where each project's cost equals a tax for selecting it. The cost of a project is equal to its approval score divided by its support (the number of approvals minus the number of disapprovals).
Maximum Satisfaction for trichotomous profiles: Selects the comments so to maximise the total satisfaction of voters. Each voter's satisfaction equals the number of approved and selected alternatives minus the number of disapproved but selected alternatives.
Summary of the Comment Section
This section highlights various methods for selecting a small set of comments that best capture the broader conversation (see the comment section below).
Each method focuses on a different perspective, emphasizing principles such as popularity, representation, or diversity. This leads to different voices being represented. Explore the section below to get a sense of the impact these approaches have.
Change Selection Methods
Popularity-Based Selection
Selection 1
Representation-Based Selection
Selection 2
Inclusion-Based Selection
Selection 3
Highlight Differences