A BREAKTHROUGH IN MASS COLLABORATION

A hyperlogue—which is short for “hyperspatial group dialogue”—is a new and powerful methodology for conducting group brainstorming sessions with parties of any size. The breakthrough in its design is the use of iterative comparative sampling to reduce the effort needed by both initiators and individual participants to quickly connect, communicate, deliberate and reach consensus for any subject matter. It also removes the limitations commonly associated with conducting group brainstorming sessions (maximum number of participants, maximum number of allowable submissions, attention spans of participants, etc.). To the end users, this new methodology turns group brainstorming into an engaging collaborative experience.

Participants have the chance to accumulate points called mindshares each time a fellow participant anonymously evaluates their anonymously presented content (called their insight). It is important to note here that participants of a hyperlogue do not choose which insights they will evaluate and score, nor how many they will evaluate during the course of a hyperlogue. Instead, a sorting algorithm create unique pairs of insights which are randomly sent to other participants for evaluation. For each evaluation pairing, 100 mindshares are given to the evaluator for distributed between the two insights as they see fit. Therefore, the evaluator could choose to distribute all 100 mindshares to one insight and zero to another, or any combination in between (50/50, 65/35, etc.). In addition to mindshare distribution, participants also has the option to add anonymous feedback to each insight they evaluate, which will be viewable to the participant who submitted it.This paired evaluation process is repeated multiple times for each participant and their insights until the system can create a relational ranking matrix (called an ideogram) for every insight, which then completes the hyperlogue.

For hyperlogues that do offer financial payouts through participation (money, cryptocurrency, privileges, access, etc.), individual payouts are determined by the total accumulated mindshares they received for their submission versus the total amount of mindshares distributed in a hyperlogue, prorated with the same percentage as the total amount crowdfunded by the initiator and/or their participants. This means that there’s never a "single winner" in terms of accumulating mindshare or receiving payouts. Instead, there would be a bell curve distribution across the entire population of participants.

The most surprising feature of a hyperlogue is that it can used for price discovery for each individual insight in a set of insights, regardless of the number or content involved. This makes the hyperlogue methodology a novel solution for bringing the metaphor of “the universal marketplace of ideas” into functional reality. The opportunities for such a service are as big as the collective ingenuity of its users.

IDEOLOGI: AN OPEN PLATFORM FOR HOSTING HYPERLOGUES

Ideologi is a social media platform where the hyperlogue methodology is used to create what users would describe as brainstorming tournaments for high scores or money. A hyperlogue can be initiated on Ideologi by anyone for practically any topic imaginable. The number of users that can participate in a hyperlogue is virtually unlimited. It is up to the initiator to determine whether their hyperlogue will be open to all of ideologi's community or closed to an exclusive group of invited participants.

A USER’S VIEW OF A HYPERLOGUE EVALUATION

FULL IMAGE: A sample screenshot of two insights that are about to be evaluated against each other by a participant of a hyperlogue on Ideologi. In every evaluation, participants move a button slider toward whichever insight they prefer against another, and by how much. If the evaluator moves the button 75% of the way towards the final point of the slider towards Insight A, then Insight A receives 75 mindshares, while Insight B gets the remaining 25. If the evaluator wishes, they could move the button slider all the way to the end, giving Insight A 100 mindshares and zero mindshares to Insight B.

IMAGE, BOTTOM: In addition to moving the slider, evaluators may also send anonymous feedback to the anonymous creators of each insight they review.

IMAGE, UPPER-RIGHT: Once the evaluator is done, the “Submit evaluation” button will become illuminated for the evaluator to click through and start evaluating another pair of insights.

THE SIX PHASES OF A HYPERLOGUE

From a user’s perspective, a hyperlogue looks and feels like a gamified survey of content from other users. The twist is that the content of each user is always being graded in comparison to another, and each pairing is being determined algorithmically and not by the whim of users.

1. An initiator posts a topic for a hyperlogue along with its start date and crowdfunding details.

2. Interested users sign-up to participate in the hyperlogue by submitting an insight before its start date.

3. When the hyperlogue begins, each participant receives a pair of anonymous insights from other participants to evaluate and grade against each other.

4. This evaluation process is repeated multiple times, with each participant receiving a series of unique pairs of insights to review.

5. Once the last evaluation cycle is completed, the results of the hyperlogue are posted for everyone to see.

6. Funds that were crowdfunded for the hyperlogue are distributed to participants based on the scores their insights received during the evaluation process.

USE CASES FOR HYPERLOGUES

Commercial use cases for hyperlogues include:

► Creators and influencers soliciting content submissions from their online community to reach rapid consensus on developing new content and activities for them.

► Media firms launching collaborative surveys with their audiences to increase engagement and collect potential intellectual property at the same time.

► Enterprises co-creating new products, services, and efficiencies with business partners and customers.

Non-commercial use cases:

► Scientific and academic research collaborations

► Governments and public agencies deliberating and soliciting feedback from their various constituencies

► General online community leaders seeking insight and engagement from their members