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The idea
Online systems such as Polis, All Our Ideas, and Remesh combine open participation with features intended to encourage people to listen and identify shared views or rough agreement.
Place in the reasoning
AI assessment · Connected to reasoning
Describes the stated aims of several online discussion systems, not evidence that they consistently encourage listening or achieve agreement.
Online discussion needs more than access to technology
These systems exemplify digital tools intended to support listening and surface shared views, while the source does not establish that the aims are achieved.
People can find enough agreement to act while still disagreeing
The stated aim of rough agreement is compatible with shared action, but does not imply a single common will or settled consensus.
What this means and why it matters
What this means
These systems aim to keep participation open while helping people attend to others’ views and see patterns in the discussion.
Why it matters
The approach may help groups find areas of agreement, but the passage does not compare the systems or show how consistently they meet this aim.
Conditions & assumptions
Source coverage: Complete Augmented Deliberation chapter from the book that is updated over time. Other chapters are not included. This is presented as a shared aim of the systems, not as proof that they achieve it. Addresses: Online discussion systems
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